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March
29, 2002 March is Women's History Month Two NASA Earth Scientists Instrumental in Creation of New National Geographic Map of Antarctica Robert Bindschadler and Christopher Shuman of Goddard's Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes Oceans and Ice Branch have played an important role in the creation of National Geographic's new Antarctic Map. Over the past two years, Bindschadler and Shuman have performed research on the Antarctic continent. From their research and the research of other scientists, National Geographic has created a new map of Antarctica entitled "Antarctica: A New Age of Exploration", which focuses on sea ice, ice flow, and ice movement. The creation of this map started about 1 year ago at a meeting of scientists and National Geographic artists and writers. During the initial meeting, Bindschadler and Shuman added information on scientifically important Antarctic areas, topics of current research (mainly ice sheet movement, velocity, elevation, and ice coring), and missing pieces that linked parts on the map. Throughout the year, both have continually reviewed and revised the map, which became a map supplement to the December 2001 issue of National Geographic. For more information
or to purchase a copy of the Antarctica Map, please contact the
National Geographic Society at (800) 962-1643 and ask for Item 620091. |
