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Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.

Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.
Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.
Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.
Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.
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Linder, Christopher
Pilot Geir Akse heading back to the helicopter on the ice.
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08/01/2007
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With buoy and flag in hand, Akse heads back to the helicopter, its rotors still turning. No longer needed to pick up and reposition ice buoys or earthquake-monitoring equipment; no longer need to help recover underwater vehicles; no longer needed to scout ahead for easy passages through the ice because the Oden will soon be out of the ice pack; the helicopter pilots soon will fly off the ship as soon as it gets within flying range of Svalbard, a Norwegian island north of Greenland. ahead of the ship. The helicopter pilots prefer to limit the helicopter's exposure to salt in ice-free waters. Any maybe, like most of us, they want to get home as soon as possible.
Photo by Chris Linder
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