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In Images: NASA's Mission to Arctic Frontier
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Second leg of voyage to study changing waters of the Arctic Ocean.
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Arctic Landscape Anything But Boring
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Melt ponds add variation to stretches of sea ice.
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Expedition Sets Sail to Plumb Arctic Depths
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Updated charts needed as sea ice loss drives increase in ship traffic.
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Largest Arctic Iceberg in 50 Years Spotted Off Canada
By Live Science Staff published
Iceberg has traveled nearly 2,000 miles in Arctic waters.
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Largest Arctic Iceberg in 50 Years Spotted
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Iceberg has traveled nearly 2,000 miles in Arctic waters.
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Whale Ahoy! Arctic Expedition Makes First Sighting
By Live Science Staff published
Thar' she blows! Arctic expedition got an eyeful.
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NASA to Go Boldly ... to the Arctic, Again
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Second leg of the mission begins June 25.
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Close Call: Ozone Hole Nearly Opens Over Arctic
By Stephanie Pappas published
Unusually cold weather in the stratosphere destroys 40 percent of the Arctic ozone layer.
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