Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under

From campaign team (UTAS/AAD/AWI), East Antarctica, 10 December

Skidoo and corner reflector (credits: UTAS–J. Beardsley)

Next week marks 100 years since Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. As a team of scientists brave the Antarctic to validate data from ESA’s CryoSat mission, it’s hard to imagine what these first intrepid explorers would have thought of today’s advances in polar science.

Read the full article about this challenging Antarctic campaign on ESA’s Campaigns web page: https://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMHXD5XPVG_LPcampaigns_0.html