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Science Crew Aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent

Detailed Description

Science crew ran the multichannel seismic equipment, sonobuoy refraction equipment, navigation, marine mammal observations program, and incidental science studies.  Dr. Deborah Hutchinson (USGS liaison aboard the Canadian icebreaker) is 7th from the right.  Dr. David Mosher, Chief Scientist aboard Louis is 10th from the right.

[This set of photos provides selected image of two icebreakers working together in the Arctic Ocean.  All images were taken from aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Louis S. St-Laurent (Louis), from which science crew from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Hydrographic Servie, and a U.S. liaison from USGS) were responsible for the multichannel seismic operations.  United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Healy (Healy) is the ship pictured in many of the photos and collected multibeam echosounder data while also breaking ice for Louis].

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Public Domain.