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NASA To Hold Media Teleconference On New Ocean Discovery

NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, June 7, at 2 p.m. EDT to present research on a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters.

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ICESCAPE scientists reach 'Station 100'

"Oooo Station 100!" Kevin, our chief scientist, wrote on the Board of Lies, the plan of the day that evolves constantly. My body is a blur of stations and transect lines, and my eyes are glossy after working many 16-plus hour days. Is today Wednesday or Thursday, and have I been awake for both?
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The Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (WAGB - 20) is United States' newest and most technologically advanced polar icebreaker.

HEALY is designed to conduct a wide range of research activities, providing more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches, and accommodations for up to 50 scientists. HEALY is designed to break 4 ½ feet of ice continuously at three knots and can operate in temperatures as low as -50 degrees F. The science community provided invaluable input on lab lay-outs and science capabilities during design and construction of the ship. At a time when scientific interest in the Arctic Ocean basin is intensifying, HEALY substantially enhances the United States Arctic research capability

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From: Haley Smith Kingsland, Stanford University

66° 44' 11 N, 163° 42' 18 W, June 19 - Saturday night, fog obscured the sun and bathed members of the sea ice team in haze as they disembarked from the Healy to work on an ice floe off the port side. The group took multiple ice cores and water samples to learn about the biological activity and optical properties of ice.
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NASA is launching a mission from Alaska next month, but it won't be into space.
The agency will take to the sea June 15 from Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians on its first dedicated oceanographic field campaign.

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