ESA - CryoSat - Climate Change students help CryoSat-2 Arctic campaign

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Climate Change students help CryoSat-2 Arctic campaign

28 April 2006

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Measuring snow and ice properties as part of the CryoVEx validation activities in Greenland supporting the CryoSat-2 mission

Credits: ESA

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Artist's impression of the CryoSat spacecraft in orbit. The launch of the CryoSat spacecraft unfortunately failed on 8 October 2005 due to a malfunction of its Rockot launcher, which resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft.

At a meeting of the European Space Agency's Earth Observation Programme Board, which took place at ESA’s Headquarters in Paris on 23 and 24 February 2006, ESA received the green light from its Member States to build and launch a CryoSat recovery mission, CryoSat-2.

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab

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The Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College offers the chance for 18-30 year-olds to learn about the causes, politics and potential solutions to climate change, with the emphasis on developing climate change campaigns. The college was initiated by polar explorer Marc Cornelissen and is sponsored by Ben & Jerry's ice cream. It is also supported by the WWF.

Credits: Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College

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Measuring the density of ice with a neutron probe. The density is measured at different layers through the ice.

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Greenland showing the EGIG (Expédition Glaciologique Internationale Groenland) line and site T05. This is the location where the Climate Change College students will participate in CryoVEx validation activities at the beginning of May 2006. The EGIG line crosses the central Greenland ice sheet and since it was first traversed in 1959 has been the site of various scientific surveys.

Credits: ESA

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Born in 1968, Marc Cornelissen completed his studies in 1995 at the Technical University in Delft in the Netherlands, after which he decided to start a career as a professional adventurer and expedition organiser. He has experience in making expeditions into many remote regions. His projects have taken him to the Peruvian cloud forests, the Gibson Desert of Australia, and more often than not, to the Earth's polar regions. He is one of the few who has reached both the Geographic North and South Pole on skis (in 1997 and 2000 respectively).

Credits: XMARX

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Living Planet Programme CryoSat-2 Campaigns