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Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.

Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.
Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.
Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.
Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.
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Bradley, Keith
Instructor Joe Mokry teaching students how to use survival suits.
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06/28/2012
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The students are wearing survival suits designed to keep them dry, warm, and afloat in the event of an accident at sea. Instructor Joe Mokry, from Ocean Rescue, Inc., was demonstrating that the suits are so buoyant that a small group of people wearing them can easily support a person who has no suit--which could save a life, as New England waters are so cold that immersion will quickly overwhelm an unprotected person.
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Instructor Joe Mokry (left) of Ocean Rescue Systems International teaches students in a boat safety course at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution strategies for staying alive should they ever have to abandon ship. The students are wearing buoyant suits that keep them warm, dry, and afloat. They have linked their feet and arms to form a human chain that enables them to stay together. That will keep everyone accounted for and provide a larger visual target for searchers to find. Scientists must take the safety course before using vessels from WHOI's small boat fleet in support of their research.
Photo by Keith Bradley
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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