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Arctic winch installed on top of a red flotation sphere.

Arctic winch installed on top of a red flotation sphere.
Arctic winch installed on top of a red flotation sphere.
Arctic winch installed on top of a red flotation sphere.
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Arctic winch installed on top of a red flotation sphere.
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08/11/2004
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 3, Pg. 31:
The Arctic Winch, atop a red flotation sphere, periodically unspools a float with sensors to collect data as it rises toward the surface. It comes back down immediately when it hits ice or the surface, so that sea ice or icebergs don’t sweep it away.
Photo courtesy of Fiamma Straneo
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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