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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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An expanse of white greets the viewer on the way to the South Pole

An expanse of white greets the viewer on the way to the South...

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The Transantarctic Mountains seen from the C-130 while flying to the South Pole

The Transantarctic Mountains seen from the C-130 while flying to...

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C-130 on the ground at South Pole Station

C-130 on the ground at South Pole Station

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New folks at the South Pole getting their first look at the station

New folks at the South Pole getting their first look at the...

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The C-130 preparing to head back to McMurdo

The C-130 preparing to head back to McMurdo

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The geographic South Pole

The geographic South Pole

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The United States is responsible for maintaining South Pole Station

The United States is responsible for maintaining South Pole...

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A distant view of South Pole Station

A distant view of South Pole Station. The Clean Air Facility is...

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