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===POLENET Monitoring=== | ===POLENET Monitoring=== | ||
Starting in 2007, scientists from POLENET (the POLar Earth-observing NETwork) attempted to install a GPS monitoring station at the Lepley Nunatak, but were unable to do so. In 2011, after four years of trying, they finally succeeded in traveling to the nunatak via Twin Otter aircraft and found suitable bedrock to install the monitoring equipment. Due to the remoteness of the station, data from this site is transmitted via Iridium satellite communications. | Starting in 2007, scientists from POLENET (the POLar Earth-observing NETwork) attempted to install a [[Automatic weather station|GPS monitoring station]] at the Lepley Nunatak, but were unable to do so. In 2011, after four years of trying, they finally succeeded in traveling to the nunatak via Twin Otter aircraft and found suitable bedrock to install the monitoring equipment. Due to the remoteness of the station, data from this site is transmitted via Iridium satellite communications. | ||
[[File:Lepley Nunatak.jpg|thumb|center|800px|GPS monitoring station at Lepley Nunatak]] | [[File:Lepley Nunatak.jpg|thumb|center|800px|GPS monitoring station at Lepley Nunatak]] | ||