Mapping the top of the World: Randy Rhoads describes an unforgettable mapping project in Greenland.(Reprint)

From: GEO: connexion | Date: April 1, 2008 | Copyright information

At the beginning of October, 2007, Airborne 1 was part of a team that journeyed to the top of the world for an unforgettable mapping project in Greenland. Keeping in mind the current zeitgeist of environmental awareness, it was refreshing to conduct a project in one of the most remote and untouched areas on the planet. This area of the planet has always been pristine due to its logistically challenging location and the frequent freezing of the arctic ocean that takes place for portions of the year, as well as the tens of meters of glacial ice that have covered it for the last few ...

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