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1979 SEA ICE RADAR EXPERIMENT - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

1979 SEA ICE RADAR EXPERIMENT - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/8/1979 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

STS027-143-029 - STS-027 - STS-27 earth observations

STS027-143-029 - STS-027 - STS-27 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-27 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-27, ATLANTIS (ORBITER) Categories: E... More

51B-53-065 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

51B-53-065 - STS-51B - STS-51B earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-51B earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-B Categories: ... More

CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic receives last minute instructions before diving beneath the ice.  Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic receives last minute instructio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clifford Lake State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Aw) Paul Engstrom, Usnr-R Release Status: ... More

Assistant CHIEF of Naval Operations (Undersea Warfare) Roger F. Bacon, second from right , stands with a group of sailors on the ice in front of the sail of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN 650) north of the Arctic Circle. Bacon is a member of an official party visiting the submarine.

Assistant CHIEF of Naval Operations (Undersea Warfare) Roger F. Bacon,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of an official party visiting the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN-650) walk across the ice after disembarking from the surfaced submarine north of the Arctic Circle.

Members of an official party visiting the nuclear-powered attack subma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STS053-82-093 - STS-053 - Earth observations

STS053-82-093 - STS-053 - Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: STS-53, EARTH OB... More

S42-74-060 - STS-042 - STS-42 earth observations

S42-74-060 - STS-042 - STS-42 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-42 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-42 Date Taken: 1/26/1992 Categories:... More

S45-74-044 - STS-045 - STS-45 earth observations

S45-74-044 - STS-045 - STS-45 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-45, ATLANTIS (ORBITER) Date Taken: 3... More

S42-82-033 - STS-042 - STS-42 earth observations

S42-82-033 - STS-042 - STS-42 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-42 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-42 Date Taken: 1/24/1992 Categories... More

STS060-112-106 - STS-060 - Earth observations during STS-60 mission

STS060-112-106 - STS-060 - Earth observations during STS-60 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-60 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: STS-60 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken... More

S48-617-041 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-617-041 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mis...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

S48-616-011 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-616-011 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mis...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

Alaska's Marine Highway - Glaciers Along Alaska's Marine Highway

Alaska's Marine Highway - Glaciers Along Alaska's Marine Highway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The marine highway passes by some of the most active ice fields in the world. The majority of these are along the Inside Passage, Prince... More

Beartooth Highway - Alpine Tundra on Top of Beartooth Pass

Beartooth Highway - Alpine Tundra on Top of Beartooth Pass

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A few lonely stones lie on a barren stretch of land along the Beartooth Highway, while the snow-covered Rockies project their presence e... More

S42-91-077 - STS-042 - STS-42 infra-red earth observations

S42-91-077 - STS-042 - STS-42 infra-red earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-42 infra-red earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-42 Date Taken: 9/27/1999 ... More

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL, US Coast Guard Photo

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL, US Coast Guard Photo

A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew member aboard a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft prepares to mark an iceberg in the North Atlantic during an International Ice Patrol. USCG photo by DUMAS, M.R. LTJG

STS108-722-054 - STS-108 - Earth observations taken during STS-108

STS108-722-054 - STS-108 - Earth observations taken during STS-108

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-108 mission. Israel and Dead Sea (032 to 037). Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile (059 to 073). Subject Ter... More

STS108-722-059 - STS-108 - Earth observations taken during STS-108

STS108-722-059 - STS-108 - Earth observations taken during STS-108

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-108 mission. Israel and Dead Sea (032 to 037). Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile (059 to 073). Subject Ter... More

Crewmembers pose in their extreme cold weather gear in front of a C-141C Starlifter parked on the the Ross Ice Shelf, near McMurdo Station, in Antarctica. The crew delivered a cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

Crewmembers pose in their extreme cold weather gear in front of a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT ... More

McMurdo Station personnel come out to meet a C-141 Starlifter, 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Reserve Base, California, bringing in supplies and personnel, parked on a makeshift ramp on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea. A modified 4X4 Ford van brings a power generator to keep the aircraft systems running and warm while the aircraft is parked during the Operation DEEP FREEZE resupply mission

McMurdo Station personnel come out to meet a C-141 Starlifter, 452nd A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2002 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFRC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT... More

National Guard SPECIALIST Bill Tavares, USA, Women's Team Head Coach, works with the team on a makeshift ice track just west of the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. Vonetta Flower, brakeman, is in the foreground. The women's bobsled take to the track Feb. 19, in the 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES for the first time in Olympic history

National Guard SPECIALIST Bill Tavares, USA, Women's Team Head Coach, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Base: Salt Lake City State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

CAPITOL VISITOR'S CENTER EVENT - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

CAPITOL VISITOR'S CENTER EVENT - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) WAS HELD AT THE CAPITOL VISITORS CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN ATTENDANCE WERE... More

United States Coast Guard photo -  POLAR SEA

United States Coast Guard photo - POLAR SEA

MCMURDO, ANTARCTICA (Feb. 04, 2007) -- The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea moors outboard of the US Naval Ship Paul Buck as the Buck offloads fuel stores for the station. As part of Operation Deep Freeze, a tanke... More

CGC POLAR SEA - US Coast Guard photo

CGC POLAR SEA - US Coast Guard photo

ANTARCTICA (March 15, 2007)--The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea sits on the ice, resting after a long day of breaking ice in McMurdo Sound. The Polar Sea is in Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2007, ... More

S122E011982 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

S122E011982 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More

S122E011986 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

S122E011986 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More

Photo Contest-First Place Winner

Photo Contest-First Place Winner

FN Christin Eberhardt at Bainbridge Glacier in Alaska, October 2008. Coast Guard Photo Contest -- First place winner (2009): MK3 Adam Acosta.

Mt. Murphy, Western Antarctica. NASA public domain image colelction.

Mt. Murphy, Western Antarctica. NASA public domain image colelction.

Mt. Murphy breaks the monotony of the mostly flat and barren white landscape of West Antarctica during the science flight there on Nov. 19. Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen NASA Identifier: 501865main_IMG_0975-orig

s133E010282 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E010282 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew at the end of joint operations with the International Space Station. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (Fro... More

s133E012917 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E012917 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), STS-133 Date Taken: 3/... More

s133E009063 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E009063 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew at the end of joint operations with the International Space Station. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (Fro... More

s133E010275 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E010275 - STS-133 - Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew at the end of joint operations with the International Space Station. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (Fro... More

160306-N-FV245-001 Arctic Circle (March 06, 2016) -

160306-N-FV245-001 Arctic Circle (March 06, 2016) -

160306-N-FV245-001 Arctic Circle (March 06, 2016) - A sheet of ice, known as an ice floe, serves as the stage of operations for Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. Temperatures range an average of -10 to -40 degrees fahr... More

{filenamebase} Ice Camp Skate (March 14, 2018) – Members

{filenamebase} Ice Camp Skate (March 14, 2018) – Members

{filenamebase} Ice Camp Skate (March 14, 2018) – Members of Ice Camp Skate plow a runway in the Arctic Circle in support of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018, March 14. ICEX 2018 is a five-week exercise that allows the ... More

Coast Guard demobilizes forward operating location in Utqiagvik

Coast Guard demobilizes forward operating location in Utqiagvik

Coast Guard personnel demobilize a forward operating location in Utqiagvik, Alaska, on October 31, 2019, using a C-130J to transport helicopter supplies home to Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska. The Coast... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay, a 140-foot ice breaking tug home-ported in Cleveland, conducts ice breaking operations in Lake Erie near Vermilion, Ohio, to break up ice jams that might causing floodin... More

A view of the mountains from the cockpit of a C-130

A view of the mountains from the cockpit of a C-130

A view of the mountains from the cockpit of a C-130 H aircraft, April 2, 2019 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The 118th flew to Greenland in support of the National Science Foundation climate research mission. (U.... More

A young polar bear climbs atop some ice Sept. 13, 2016

A young polar bear climbs atop some ice Sept. 13, 2016

A young polar bear climbs atop some ice Sept. 13, 2016 in the Chukchi Sea. Underway for its second mission, Cutter Healy embarked a team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego... More

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, N.Y., sits on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Dec. 7, 2015. A total of seven 109th AW LC-130s are deploy... More

160319-N-QA919-698 Arctic Circle (March 15, 2016) -

160319-N-QA919-698 Arctic Circle (March 15, 2016) -

160319-N-QA919-698 Arctic Circle (March 15, 2016) - Lt. Cmdr. James Wendler, Warfare Development Officer, commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, stands watch during a field expedition during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2... More

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, grooms a channel in the fast ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 1, 2015. The... More

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL - UNITED STATES COAST GUARD USCG - SAINT JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL - UNITED STATES COAST GUARD USCG - SAINT JOHN...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/20/1976 Photographer: CLIFF BROOKS Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

STS098-363-032 - STS-098 - Earth observations taken during STS-98 mission

STS098-363-032 - STS-098 - Earth observations taken during STS-98 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-98 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-98 ATLANTIS (ORBITER) EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM S... More

The Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC GLACIER (WAGB 4) clears a channel into McMurdo Sound. PHOTO from June 1984 All Hands Magazine

The Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC GLACIER (WAGB 4) clears a channel int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael Mullen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

51B-33-070 - STS-51B - 51B earth observation

51B-33-070 - STS-51B - 51B earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-51B earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-B Categories: ... More

Marines from the 11th Marine Amphibious Unit move out in sub-zero temperatures wearing their white exposure suits during Exercise KERNEL POTLATCH '87, the first winter amphibious operation in the Aleutian Islands since World War II

Marines from the 11th Marine Amphibious Unit move out in sub-zero temp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL POTLATCH '87 Base: Shemya Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO... More

S48-84-029 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-84-029 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

S43-96-054 - STS-043 - STS-43 earth observations

S43-96-054 - STS-043 - STS-43 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-43 earth observations. View of cloud patterns and island wakes off the Canary Islands. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSE... More

STS053-74-084 - STS-053 - Earth observations

STS053-74-084 - STS-053 - Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIO... More

STS053-98-072 - STS-053 - Earth observations

STS053-98-072 - STS-053 - Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. scenic moonrise scene was taken ... More

COAST GUARD CUTTER KATMAI BAY (WTGB 101)

COAST GUARD CUTTER KATMAI BAY (WTGB 101)

Straits of Mackinac (Apr. 6)--Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay (WTGB 101) breaks ice in the Straits of Mackinaw on the Great Lakes. USCG photo by PA1 CAROLYN CIHELKA

STS064-86-043 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-86-043 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. Subject Terms: STS-64 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE... More

STS064-86-050 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-86-050 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. Subject Terms: STS-64 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE... More

STS064-86-044 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-86-044 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. Subject Terms: STS-64 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE... More

Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander, Naval Air Force US Pacific Fleet, (right) visits a remote research site during an inspection tour of the facilities

Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander, Naval Air Force US Pacific Fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Edward Bushed Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

S48-602-064 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-602-064 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mis...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

S48-617-036 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-617-036 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mis...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

Web Environmental Photos: Scenes from around the United States - Approaching Whiteout Storm

Web Environmental Photos: Scenes from around the United States - Appro...

Digital Photographs Relating to the Environment Public domain photograph related to environment protection in the United States, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, taxis down an ice runway at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. DEEP FREEZE is an operation in which the US Air Force airlifts personnel and cargo of the National Science Foundation (NSF), doing reserch of Antarctica, from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Antarctica

A C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98 State: Mcmurdo Sound Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison Jr., USAF Release S... More

The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station,

The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station,

The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, as seen from the summit of Observation Hill, Antarctica. The station was established in December 1955 and is the logistics hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program, w... More

STS102-707-053 - STS-102 - Earth observations taken during STS-102

STS102-707-053 - STS-102 - Earth observations taken during STS-102

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation views taken during STS-102. Subject Terms: STS-102, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 3/29/2001 Cate... More

STS102-711-047 - STS-102 - Earth observations taken during STS-102

STS102-711-047 - STS-102 - Earth observations taken during STS-102

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation views taken during STS-102. Subject Terms: STS-102, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 3/29/2001 Cate... More

STS098-334-009 - STS-098 - Earth observations taken during mission STS-98

STS098-334-009 - STS-098 - Earth observations taken during mission STS...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various Earth observation views taken during mission STS-98 from shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-98, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: ... More

STS111-342-030 - STS-111 - Earth Observations taken during mission STS-111 UF-2.

STS111-342-030 - STS-111 - Earth Observations taken during mission STS...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observation views taken during mission STS-111 UF-2. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATION (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 6/18/2002 Categories: Earth Obse... More

S111E5717 - STS-111 - Earth Observations as taken during Mission STS-111 UF-2.

S111E5717 - STS-111 - Earth Observations as taken during Mission STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations as taken during Mission STS-111 UF-2. Subject Terms: Earth Observation (From Space), STS-111 Date Taken: 6/16/2002 Categories: Ear... More

Parked on a makeshift ramp on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea a C-141 Starlifter, 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Reserve Base, California, bring supplies and personnel to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. A Caterpillar 950G Wheel Loader stands by to load a pallet from the winter over personnel heading home during the Operation DEEP FREEZE resupply mission

Parked on a makeshift ramp on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea a C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2002 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFRC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT... More

Parked on a makeshift ramp on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea a C-141 Starlifter, 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AMW), March Air Reserve Base, California, brings supplies and personnel to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. A modified 4X4 Ford van brings a power generator to keep the aircraft systems running and warm while the aircraft is parked during the Operation DEEP FREEZE resupply mission

Parked on a makeshift ramp on the thick ice covering the Ross Sea a C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2002 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFRC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT... More

S107E05403 - STS-107 - Earth Observations taken during STS-107

S107E05403 - STS-107 - Earth Observations taken during STS-107

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation images taken during mission STS-107. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), STS-107 Date Taken: 1/21/2003 Categories: Eart... More

CAPITOL VISITOR'S CENTER EVENT - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

CAPITOL VISITOR'S CENTER EVENT - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: THE 50 TH ANNIVERSARY OF TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) WAS HELD AT THE CAPITOL VISITORS CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C. IN ATTENDANCE WERE... More

Copyright-free photo: 412_DSP_PeopleInNature_016

Copyright-free photo: 412_DSP_PeopleInNature_016

The original digital file had the following descriptive metadata embedded in its header: Name: 412_DSP_PeopleInNature_016.jpg Date Picture Taken: 9/13/2006 7:50:04 PM Keywords: Glacier, Ice, Mountain, Ocean, P... More

Glacier images public domain - %s

Glacier images public domain - %s

The original digital file had the following descriptive metadata embedded in its header: Name: 412_DSP_Glacier_011.jpg Date Picture Taken: 9/17/2006 1:55:48 PM [Original] Caption: Receding glacier. USEPA Photo... More

S122E006401 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember.

S122E006401 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More

S122E011981 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

S122E011981 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More

S122E011970 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

S122E011970 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More

s133E012815 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E012815 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), STS-133 Date Taken: 3/... More

s133E012863 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

s133E012863 - STS-133 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-133 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-133 crew aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), STS-133 Date Taken: 3/... More

Melting Days on Greenland: Image of the Day

Melting Days on Greenland: Image of the Day

Greenland is the world's largest island, containing the second largest ice sheet on Earth, with a surface extent of approximately 1.75 million square kilometers and an average thickness of 2.3 kilometers (1.6 m... More

A mosaic of sea ice shifted across the Bering Sea west

A mosaic of sea ice shifted across the Bering Sea west

A mosaic of sea ice shifted across the Bering Sea west of Alaska on February 5, 2008. On either side of the Bering Strait (top center), the land was blanketed with snow that highlighted the mountainous terrain.... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, a 240-foot icebreaker

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, a 240-foot icebreaker

The Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, a 240-foot icebreaker homeported in Cheboygan, Mich., breaks ice at dusk in Whitefish Bay, March 27, 2013. The Mackinaw was breaking ice up to two feet thick during the last sch... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2015. Polar Star's crew is in Antarctica supp... More

Public Safety personnel from the Navajo Nation in Arizona

Public Safety personnel from the Navajo Nation in Arizona

Public Safety personnel from the Navajo Nation in Arizona and personnel from Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, conduct ice-rescue training on Lake Erie near Marblehead, March 6, 2015. The Navajo Nation Publ... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley patrols the

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley patrols the

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley patrols the North Pacific in support of Operation Arctic Shield 2015. The main objective of Operation Arctic Shield is to enhance and improve preparedness, prevention a... More

An ice-rescue team member from Coast Guard Station

An ice-rescue team member from Coast Guard Station

An ice-rescue team member from Coast Guard Station Grand Haven, Mich., and an air crew member hold the trail line as they prepare to receive the stokes litter from the air crew aboard a Dolphin helicopter from ... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E) 19.1 prepare for close-air support drills during Exercise Northern Screen in Setermoen, Norway, Oct. 23, 2018. Training in Norway increases MRF-E Marines... More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers and

Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers and

Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers and scientists pose for a group photo during Healy's first ice station while deployed to the Arctic Ocean, Sept. 18, 2019. The crew and scientists deployed numerou... More

Heby, an Explosive Detection Dog, positively identifies

Heby, an Explosive Detection Dog, positively identifies

Heby, an Explosive Detection Dog, positively identifies an explosive during a training exercise at Camp Nathan Smith, Afghanistan, Jan 10. Heby is trained by Master at Arms 2nd Class Nicholas Whisker.

U.S. Marines with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion snowmobile

U.S. Marines with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion snowmobile

U.S. Marines with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion snowmobile through the Alaskan wilderness near Koyukuk, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2019. The Marines delivered toys to local towns, dressing as Santa Claus and his elves, a... More

160308-N-QA919-742 Arctic Circle (March 08, 2016) -

160308-N-QA919-742 Arctic Circle (March 08, 2016) -

160308-N-QA919-742 Arctic Circle (March 08, 2016) - Electronics Technician 2nd Class Nate Madlem, assigned to the Arctic Submarine Lab, stands safety watch during Ice Exercise (ICEX 2016). ICEX 2016 is a five-w... More

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scoita, New York, at Camp Raven, Greenland, near the DYE-2 site, on June 28, 2016. Crews with the 109th AW use Camp Raven as a tr... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Gilbert, a fire

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Gilbert, a fire

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Gilbert, a fire protection specialist with the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, pulls himself across a frozen lake after self-rescuing from open water during ice rescue trainin... More

Glaciers - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Glaciers - Alaska, National Forest Service photograph.

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mercury Atlas VII - Earth Observations

Mercury Atlas VII - Earth Observations

The original caption reads: Earth Observations taken during the Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-1) flight. View is slightly out of focus. Film type was 5250 : Eastman Color Negative,35mm. Categories: Earth Observations ... More

GREAT LAKES ICING PROGRAM - STR BEN FAIRLESS - STUCK IN ICE OFF WINTER POINT

GREAT LAKES ICING PROGRAM - STR BEN FAIRLESS - STUCK IN ICE OFF WINTER...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/31/1972 Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL - UNITED STATES COAST GUARD USCG - SAINT JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA

INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL - UNITED STATES COAST GUARD USCG - SAINT JOHN...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/20/1976 Photographer: CLIFF BROOKS Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

An Army engineer attempts to drill a hole in the ice to test its strength during Exercise JACK FROST '79

An Army engineer attempts to drill a hole in the ice to test its stren...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '79 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Sledge dogs wait to begin a trip north to the village of Quanaag, where the entire local population of Huskies was wiped out by a distemper epidemic.  The 109th Tactical Airlift Group of the New York Air National Guard flew in 230 dogs for locals, which d

Sledge dogs wait to begin a trip north to the village of Quanaag, wher...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Thule Air Base Country: Greenland (GRL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lemuel Casillas Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Journalist 2nd Class Oscar Sosa stands on the ice in front of the sail of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN-650). Sosa is accompanying an official party on its day-long visit to the submarine.

Journalist 2nd Class Oscar Sosa stands on the ice in front of the sail...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The sail of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN-650) protrudes through the ice north of the Arctic Circle. The PARGO has surfaced to visit a nearby ice camp.

The sail of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN-650) p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Oscar Sosa Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

S45-76-075 - STS-045 - STS-45 earth observations

S45-76-075 - STS-045 - STS-45 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-40, ATLANTIS (ORBITER) Date Taken: 3... More

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