New Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice with NASA's ICESat-2

Hundreds of meltwater lakes hide deep beneath the expanse of Antarctica’s ice sheet. With a powerful laser altimeter system in space, NASA’s Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is helping scientists “see” under the ice.

Music credit: "Orbital Connection" by Eddy Pradelles and Pierre Tan Teng Ha [both SACEM], Universal Production Music.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio

Jefferson Beck (KBRwyle): Lead Producer
Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR): Lead Writer
Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Visualizer
Helen Amanda Fricker (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego): Lead Scientist
Matthew R. Siegfried (Colorado School of Mines): Lead Scientist

 
 
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