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This drift buoy has a drogue, which is coiled up for deployment. As seawater dissolves the cardboard bands the drogue will unfurl down underneath the buoy into the water column so the buoy’s movement will more accurately reflect the surface current motion and be less influenced by the wind. Aboard the USCGC Healy in the north Chukchi Sea. 74.09°, -168.80°.

Credit to Read: 
Photo by Bill Schmoker (PolarTREC 2015), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Bill Schmoker
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Focal Length: 
45.89mm
File Size: 
8036864
Computed Mime: 
image/jpeg
Max Aperture: 
f/3.9
Height: 
3648
Width: 
5472
Make: 
LEICA
Model: 
V-LUX (Typ 114)
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1/125s
ISO: 
1600

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