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Gerty Ward says, "Rick sends an acoustic signal to the release mechanism 3800 meters below. While the first mechanism did not respond, the back-up performed beautifully." Aboard the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent, on the Beaufort Sea.

Credit to read: Photo by Gerty Ward (PolarTREC 2008), Courtesy of ARCUS

Photographer: Gerty Ward

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PolarTREC 2008 Gerty Ward

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