NASA Hosts Briefing About Antarctic Science Mission

Nov. 9, 2010

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Sarah DeWitt/Kathryn Hansen
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov/kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov

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NASA HOSTS BRIEFING ABOUT ANTARCTIC SCIENCE MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on
Monday, Nov. 15, from Punta Arenas, Chile, to discuss the agency's
Operation IceBridge. Researchers are using seven instruments aboard
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory to map Antarctic ice surfaces and the
features hidden below. The data are critical for understanding the
dynamics of ice in West Antarctica and its impact on sea-level rise.

During the briefing, IceBridge scientists will provide an overview of
the multi-year mission and an update on flights under way over
Antarctica. They also will describe some of the observations made
since flights began on Oct. 26.

The briefing participants are:
- Michael Studinger, IceBridge project scientist, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center/University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Seelye Martin, research scientist (sea ice), University of
Washington, Seattle
- Chris Shuman, research scientist (land ice), Goddard Space Flight
Center/University of Maryland, Baltimore County

For dial-in information, journalists must e-mail their name, media
affiliation and telephone number to Kathryn Hansen at
kathryn.h.hansen@nasa.gov.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

This is Operation IceBridge's second year monitoring Antarctic sea
ice, ice sheets and glaciers. For more information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge

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