More information will become available throughout Operation IceBridge, which sustains watch over Earth’s poles until the launch of ICESat-2, scheduled for January 2016. In November 2010, teams concluded the second Antarctic campaign during which they flew over sea ice and key glaciers including a return mission over Pine Island Glacier. These data will be incorporated into the tools scientists use to refine estimates of future sea level rise.
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Source: NASA Press Release dated December 15, 2010.
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