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LARISSA

LARISSA is a National Science Foundation funded initiative that will bring an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications, the abrupt environmental change in Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf System.



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ROV RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer helicopter
Larsen B ice shelf ship deck sampling
seafloor map marine benthic ecosystems map


NSF Antarctic Program
Funded International Partners

Belgium-Ghent University
Argentina-Argentine Antarctic Institute

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'LARISSA' -- "LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica"
Larissa was a figure from Greek mythology,a wife of Poseidon; often pictured holding a vessel of water, the vessel having three handles. We think of the three handles as 'Ice/Climate' - 'Marine Geology' - 'Life')   

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