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Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.

Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.
Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.
Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.
Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.
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Gerry Metcalf holding a Nansen bottle water sampler over a hole in the ice.
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10/23/2023
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 58, No. 2, Pg. 3:
A LEGACY OF POLAR RESEARCH
After WHOI was established in 1930, it didn’t take long for scientists to wonder what measurements could be made at the poles. They hitched rides on U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers and schlepped bulky scientific instruments across a then mostly untouched tundra—all to scrape at the ice for answers about our ocean planet. As you’ll read, today’s scientists and engineers continue to be the flag bearers of this legacy.
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