Drone's-Eye View: Flying Vehicles Could Monitor Ice in Remote Regions

Over the past year, powerhouse companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook have all announced big plans to integrate different forms of drone technology into their businesses. But in the Arctic and Antarctica, drones face a different roster of challenges, as specially trained and certified scientists test how these autonomous flying machines could help create maps of sea ice in some of the most remote locations on Earth. Researchers published a report describing their pilot program on Jan. 19 in