Explorers Working On Greenland Ice Sheet Use BGAN To Communicate With World

A team of students from the Climate Change College was using Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), system to maintain contact with headquarters and loved ones during a 10-day expedition on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The team, participating in the European Space Agency's (ESA) Cryosat validation...

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