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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.

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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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Crystals, ice columns, and refrozen ice

Crystals, ice columns, and refrozen ice

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Using candles for lighting while exploring ice cave

Using candles for lighting while exploring ice cave. Without...

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Ice stalactites, columns of ice, refrozen floor of cave, and ice crystals

Ice stalactites, columns of ice, refrozen floor of cave, and ice...

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The view from the inside looking out of the cave

The view from the inside looking out of the cave.

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Dendritic ice crystals illuminated by spotlight

Dendritic ice crystals illuminated by spotlight.

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Robert Falcon Scott's Hut Point Shelter at McMurdo Station

Robert Falcon Scott's Hut Point Shelter at McMurdo Station

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Supplies in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

Supplies in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

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Supplies in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

Supplies in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

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