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Sandra Thornton stands on the sea ice next to the USCGC Healy icebreaker in the northern Chukchi Sea.

Credit to Read: 
Photo by Sandra Thornton (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Sandra Thornton
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Longitude: 
-162.43920555556
Latitude: 
77.042508333333
IPTC Caption: 
Standing on ice with the seafloor nearly two miles below me was a surreal experience. No human feet had likely touched this ice before me, and no human feet will likely touch this ice after me.

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