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A weather balloon is ready to be launched. The white styrofoam box on the bottom contains all of the instruments necessary to take data on the balloon's ascent and descent. The orange parachute helps to slow down the descent. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica.

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Photo by Kate Miller (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Kate Miller
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2016
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PolarTREC
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Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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