Arctic (IMAGE)

Office of Naval Research

Arctic

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Researchers prepare to drop a buoy into the Arctic Ocean. Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research have traveled to the region to study the changing environment-and provide new tools to help the US Navy operate in a once-inaccessible area.

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(Photo courtesy of Jim Thomson from the University of Washington/Applied Physics Laboratory)

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