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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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Cooking utensils in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

Cooking utensils in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

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Remains of seventy-year old muttonHanging on wall of Scott's Hut Point Shelter

Remains of seventy-year old muttonHanging on wall of Scott's Hut...

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A well-stocked pantry at Scott's Hut Point shelter

A well-stocked pantry at Scott's Hut Point shelter

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Salt and corned mutton - a few staples of the day at Scott's Hut Point shelter

Salt and corned mutton - a few staples of the day at Scott's Hut...

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Some digestive biscuits from another era at Scott's Hut Point shelter

Some digestive biscuits from another era at Scott's Hut Point...

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Pressure ridges in the sea ice at Scott Base

Pressure ridges in the sea ice at Scott Base.

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Ski-equipped C-130's ready for a trip to the South Pole

Ski-equipped C-130's ready for a trip to the South Pole

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A last look at Mount Erebus before heading to the South Pole

A last look at Mount Erebus before heading to the South Pole

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