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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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Navy Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was converted into an IPR-data-collection aircraft. Top: Thomas Tesiberg; Above: Mai Bui We carried out our first real-world tests six months later, on Iceland’s Vatnajökull ice cap, thanks to the help and generosity of local collaborators at the University of Iceland and a grant from NASA.