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Test Driving an Ice Breaker
on the
Arctic Ocean













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Researchers prepare the piston coring head on the hero deck.
(Hindman)


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The piston core is washed of mud before the cutting of the core barrel.
(Hindman)


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The trigger arm of the piston corer is secured to the piston head.
(Hindman)


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A rock dredge is lowered into Baffin Bay.
(Hindman)


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A tether is placed on the piston core barrel
before it is lowered into the water.
(Hindman)


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Teacher, Todd Hindman, takes a daily sea temperature reading.
(Hindman)


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Researchers prepare a section of a mooring.
(Hindman)


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The U.S.C.G.C. Healy's scuba team prepares for a practice dive
in the cold waters off of Greenland.
(Hindman)


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The piston core is washed of mud before the
cutting of the core barrel.
(Hindman)


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A U.S.C.G. helicopter takes off to scout ice conditions.
(Hindman)


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Teacher, Todd Hindman, takes a daily sea temperature reading.
(Hindman)


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The piston corer is retrieved and secured on deck.
(Hindman)


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Researchers inspect the contents of a rock dredge.
(Hindman)


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The trigger arm of the piston corer is secured to the piston head.
(Hindman)


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A researcher cuts the piston core barrel.
(Hindman)



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