A GPS Buoy undergoing testing
GPS buoys are used during the campaign to measure sea ice drift. They are deployed through planes or helicopter landing directly on sea ice floes. Credits: ESA
Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch
May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s)
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible.
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