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Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.

Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.
Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.
Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.
Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.
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Linder, Christopher
Puma on the surface within chunks of ice.
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07/10/2007
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Puma waited on the surface, nestled safely in slushy patch of ice. Frank Weyer raced Hugin toward it before thicker ice moved in. Hanu Singh, the WHOI engineer who designed Puma, stood at Hugin's bow with a long pole, looking a little like a harpooner. He reached out and slipped a rope on Puma's dorsal hook.
Image of The Day caption: The automonous underwater vehicle Puma waits for pickup on the surface of the Arctic Ocean, nestled in a slushy patch of ice in July 2007. The AUV, along with special underwater beacons and acoustic tracking systems, was specially designed to allow researchers to work beneath the ice and make the first search for life on the seafloor of this isolated ocean.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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