NASA Announces Briefing on Discovery Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

Feb. 13, 2007

Tabatha Thompson
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3895

Ed Campion
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-0697

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-021

NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ON DISCOVERY BENEATH ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET

WASHINGTON - Researchers from NASA and the Scripps Institute of
Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif., will unveil new results from an
unprecedented study of water deep beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.
The study will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. EDT (11
a.m. PDT) during the annual meeting of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at Hotel Nikko, San Francisco.

Using data from NASA satellites, the scientists created a technique
that offers a breakthrough perspective of the ice sheet and the
environment far below its surface. The study will be published in the
Feb. 16 edition of Science magazine.

Robert Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
Md., and Helen Amanda Fricker of Scripps will discuss their findings
and answer media questions. Interested media should contact AAAS at
scipak@aaas.org or 202-326-6440 to request call-in information to
participate in the briefing.

Participants may access images available at the briefing time by
visiting:

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/antarctic_plumb_media.html

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

www.nasa.gov

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