The
Satellite Antarctica Expedition 2008-2009 - 'SAE 08-09' took place
at the end of 2008 - the beginning of 2009 within the framework of
the 'Image of the Day' project performed by the Brockmann Consult, Germany.
An Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) of the ENVISAT European satellite was used
as the initial information.
The purpose
of the expedition was:
- To present the actual portrait of the most part of the Antarctic Coast of the Antarctic Summer 2008-2009,
- To present several interesting structures of the inland Antarctic surface,
- To give an presentation of human activity in the Antarctic (roads and bases),
- And to present images of some icebergs and structures of the water surface near the Antarctic Coast.
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