Editor's Note:
Over the past nine years, NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft have been helping scientists survey the Arctic and Antarctic regions and better understand the connections between polar ice regions and the global climate system. Images taken by IceBridge reveal spectacular views of sea ice and snow in the Antarctic.
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Mountain glaciers are seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft in the Antarctic Peninsula region on October 31. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/VCG figcaption > Pictured are intricate crevasses in ice taken by NASA’s IceBridge research aircraft in the Antarctic Peninsula region on October 31. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/VCG figcaption >