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USGS science crew on ship off Antarctica in 1984

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 1984 (approx.)
A group of ten or more people standing on the deck of a ship wearing cold-weather gear, all smile for the camera.
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USGS scientists on board research vessel S.P. Lee, off Antarctica in 1984. They collected seismic-reflection data to image the transition between continental crust and oceanic crust deep beneath the seafloor off Wilkes Land.

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