Icefin, underwater robotic vehicle, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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New robotic vehicle provides a never-before-seen look under Antarctica

 

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Deploying & testing Icefin

Published on Mar 16, 2015

Icefin behind hoisted above the ice on the Ross Ice Shelf for deployment. The underwater footage is from a test site near McMurdo Station, as the team tested Icefin's weight deployment.

 

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Icefin robotic vehicle deployed in shallow water

Published on Mar 16, 2015

Icefin deployed through the ice on a jetty off McMurdo Sound. This is not the Ross Ice Shelf, but shallow water off McMurdo, an area where scientific research equipment is often placed in the water.

 

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Icefin robotic vehicle at the seafloor under the Ross Ice Shelf

Published on Apr 4, 2015

Full story:
"New robotic vehicle provides a never-before-seen look under Antarctica"

April 2, 2015

 

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Article "Icefin robot: Today, exploring Antarctica's depths. Tomorrow, Jupiter's moon?"
As part of a NASA-funded program, a needle-like robotic vehicle is plunging the icy depths at our planet's poles. Jupiter's moon Europa could be next.

by Michael Franco
April 3, 2015