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Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.

Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.
Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.
Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.
Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.
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Krishfield, Richard
Canadian Ice Breaker Louis St. Laurent.
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08/21/2004
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August 2-September 1, 2004
USCGC Louis S. St. Laurent - Beaufort Gyre
CS: Andrey Proshutinsky Sci. Obj: Freshwater budget of Beaufort Gyre, 3 moorings w/mmp's, ULS & bottom pressure recorders, prototype ice tethered profiled.
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The Canadian coast guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent stands tall above the ice-capped Beaufort Sea. Since 2003, researchers from WHOI, the Canadian Institute of Ocean Sciences, and the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center have been studying the Beaufort Gyre, a slowly swirling bowl of icy water north of Alaska. The gyre is the major reservoir of fresh water stored in the Arctic Ocean, and its volume is 10 to 15 times larger than the total annual river runoff to the Arctic Ocean and at least two times larger than the amount of fresh water stored in Arctic sea ice. Recent observations suggest that global warming has tipped the natural rhythms of the Beaufort Gyre out of balance.
Photo by Rick Krishfield
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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