image: This is a view from the end of the skyway towards AGAP south camp on East Antarctic Plateau. Flags mark the edge of the skyway for the research aircraft and the logistical support. Resting atop over 2 kilometers of ice, this camp was one of two camps that supported the scientists studying the Gamburtsev Mountains and the overlying ice sheet. The intense blue sky reflects the high altitude and thin atmosphere of the polar plateau. This image relates to an article that appeared in the March 3, 2011, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Robin Bell, at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in Palisades, N.Y., and colleagues was titled, "Widespread, Persistent Thickening of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet by Freezing from the Base." view more
Credit: Robin E. Bell -- Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, New York