“Antarctica: A Flying Tour of the Frozen Continent” by NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
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- Antarctica: A Flying Tour of the Frozen Continent
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- 4:59
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For 18 days during the southern hemisphere spring of 1997, a NASA-launched Canadian satellite called RADARSAT collected pieces of a puzzle that will help scientists study the most remote and inaccessible area on earth: Antarctica. Scientists have now put the puzzle pieces together to form the first high-resolution radar map of the mysterious frozen continent. This new map has answered scientist’s questions about Antarctica and raised new questions about strange and fascinating features never seen before.
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Producer: NASA/GSFC – SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION STUDIO
Contributors: KEN JEZEK, MARTE NEWCOMBE, STU SNODGRASS, WADE SISLER, MICHAEL STAROBIN, HORACE MITCHELL
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