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Pathfinder Launch


Before the long-duration balloons are launched, NSBF must launch a pathfinder balloon to probe the wind speeds and directions at around 125,000 - 150,000 feet.











TIGER Antarctica Pictures
En route | Christchurch | Flight to the Ice | Unloading TIGER | Preparing the experiment
Aerogel Installation | Unloading ANITA | A Balloon campaign | Buttoning up | Hangtest
Pathfinder | TIGER launch | ARIA on the Ice | Crary Lab

Other Antarctica Pictures
McMurdo Station | Williams Field | Halloween | Firehouse | Thanksgiving
Snowstorm | Ice Runway | TRACER launch | Christmas | Icestock