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John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.

John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.
John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.
John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.
John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.
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Linder, Chris
John Kemp jumping across an icy polar stream.
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08/15/2005
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 2, Pg. 16:
On top of the world.
Beaufort Sea—A huge freshwater reservoir collects in the western Arctic Ocean and gets trapped by a wind-driven cyclonic current called the Beaufort Gyre. WHOI oceanographer Andrey Proshutinsky has theorized that if the winds and the gyre weaken, large volumes of fresh water can leak out of the eastern end of the Arctic Ocean into the North Atlantic, having large impacts on ocean circulation and climate. Using a variety of instruments to measure ocean, ice, and atmosphere, WHOI researchers explored this remote and hostile sea in August—part of a multiyear effort to determine its critical role in global climate.
Photo by Chris Linder
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