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Paths Less Taken

Scientists, sailors, pilots, divers, and other members of the NOAA family and its predecessor agencies have worked on every continent and in every climate that exists on Earth.

This collection records but a small fraction of that experience but will take you from Arctic regions to the South Pole, island-hopping from tropics to polar regions, and from the stratosphere to the bottom of the sea.

Sub Categories

Boats anchored offshore from Pinnacle Rock
Islands in the Sun
Measuring a Planet - Satellite Triangulation
Emperor penguin colony at Cape Washington in the Ross Sea
The Antarctic
Harley Nygren dressed in the latest Arctic style
The Arctic Field Party (1949-1951)
The bow of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship BROWN BEAR
The Northern Seas, Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas

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Looking out the entrance of the snow and ice shelter during survival training

Looking out the entrance of the snow and ice shelter during...

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Coming into the ice shelter during survival training

Coming into the ice shelter during survival training.

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Taking a little snooze in a well-designed and constructed ice shelter

Taking a little snooze in a well-designed and constructed ice...

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Social life under the ice during survival training exercise

Social life under the ice during survival training exercise.

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A little dog sled training was given during survival training

A little dog sled training was given during survival training.

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The New Zealanders maintained a dog sled team at the time of this photo

The New Zealanders maintained a dog sled team at the time of this...

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What beautiful dogs!

What beautiful dogs!

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Scott Base is maintained by New Zealand

Scott Base is maintained by New Zealand.Mileage sign for those...

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