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A smoke flare is thrown onto the sea ice so that the helicopter pilots can better judge distance and mark the spot where they want to land. With a flat landscape and few clear landmarks, it can be difficult to determine how close the helicopter is to the sea ice. On an Mi-8 helicopter near the R/V Akademik Fedorov in the Central Arctic Ocean.

Credit to Read: 
Photo by Katie Gavenus (PolarTREC 2019), Courtesy of ARCUS
Photographer: Katie Gavenus
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18mm
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5104650
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image/jpeg
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f/5.6
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4980
Width: 
3648
Make: 
Canon
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Canon EOS 70D
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1/60s
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2000

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