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Marvin & Plane Wave Radar  
   

Marvin & Plane Wave Radar

Marvin (the rover) is pulling the Plane wave radar sled along behind as it moves along a line. There was a small gyro problem that caused the rover to get off course at one point. This was fixed the next day. Taken 12-28 or 29
Our Work At WAIS

January 4th 2006
This looks at some of the work we did at WAIS. The photos were taken from Dec 29 - Jan 8. PRISM (Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements) is a group that has developed a variety of radars for studying the ice sheet and the bedrock under the ice sheet. They have also developed an autonomous rover (robot) that is under GPS (global positioning system) control that can carry the radars and move them a ... read more
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