Quanta Magazine(@QuantaMagazine):Researchers traverse across Antarctica in minus 50 degree wind chill to validate measurements from NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite. “Cold, dry air fills your nose and lungs. Your eyes blink, trying in vain to bat away the overwhelming brilliance of sunlight reflecting off the snow,” field notes described.

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2026.10.11 21:30

Researchers traverse across Antarctica in minus 50 degree wind chill to validate measurements from NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite. “Cold, dry air fills your nose and lungs. Your eyes blink, trying in vain to bat away the overwhelming brilliance of sunlight reflecting off the snow,” field notes described.