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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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A panoramic view of the South Geographic Pole with South Pole Station

A panoramic view of the South Geographic Pole with South Pole...

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The South Geographic Pole

The South Geographic Pole

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Mileage posts to a few home towns in the United States and Canada

Mileage posts to a few home towns in the United States and Canada

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The entrance to South Pole Station

The entrance to South Pole Station

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The outer tunnel at the entrance to South Pole Station

The outer tunnel at the entrance to South Pole Station

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The United States Flag at the top of the South Pole Station geodesic dome

The United States Flag at the top of the South Pole Station...

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Guess which way the prevailing winds are at South Pole Station

Guess which way the prevailing winds are at South Pole Station

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The Clean Air Facility where much of NOAA's South Pole Station work is doneThis facility is used primarily for atmospheric sampling

The Clean Air Facility where much of NOAA's South Pole Station...

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