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They may look like building blocks, but these wooden pieces have a much more serious job. If there is a hole in the hull, the crew can hammer the plugs into the hole to stop the water enough that the rest can be pumped out. Aboard the USCGC Healy icebreaker, on the Bering Sea.

Credit to read: Photo by Simone Welch (PolarTREC 2009), Courtesy of ARCUS

Photographer: Simone Welch
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PolarTREC
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