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Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. You can see the bubbler system working on Louis. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. You can see the bubbler system working on Louis. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. Louis is approaching Healy to come alongside it. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship.

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Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. Louis is approaching Healy to come alongside it. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (left) and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (left) and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

By
Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (left) and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (left) and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (right) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

U.S. and Canadian Ships in Arctic Ocean

Helicopter view of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent (top) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (bottom) on the Arctic Ocean. The ships are coming together because the crews are planning to meet and learn the operations of the other ship. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic.

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Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic.

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Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy
Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

This is a view from the back of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy as it heads north in the Arctic Ocean.

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Image: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy

This is a view from the back of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy as it heads north in the Arctic Ocean.

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Image: USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data
USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data
USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data
Image: USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS oceanographer Ellyn Montgomery and Shigeto Nishino with the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC) discuss measurements in a lab on Healy. Shigeto has spent three months on Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St.

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Image: USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS and Japan Scientists Discuss Arctic Data

USGS oceanographer Ellyn Montgomery and Shigeto Nishino with the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC) discuss measurements in a lab on Healy. Shigeto has spent three months on Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St.

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Image: USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice
USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice
USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice
Image: USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS scientist Jonathan Childs and NOAA oceanographer Pablo Clemente-Colón, also Chief Scientist of the National Ice Center, looking out on the Arctic sea ice. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Image: USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS and NOAA Monitor Arctic Sea Ice

USGS scientist Jonathan Childs and NOAA oceanographer Pablo Clemente-Colón, also Chief Scientist of the National Ice Center, looking out on the Arctic sea ice. This was during a scientific expedition to map the Arctic seafloor.

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Image: XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed
XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed
XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed
Image: XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

A U.S. Coast Guard member is preparing to launch an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) to help calculate the speed of sound in the ocean. The launcher sends a probe into the water to measure depth and temperature variation below the ship. There is a copper wire attached to both the launcher and the probe.

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Image: XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

XBT Launch: Measuring Sound Speed

A U.S. Coast Guard member is preparing to launch an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) to help calculate the speed of sound in the ocean. The launcher sends a probe into the water to measure depth and temperature variation below the ship. There is a copper wire attached to both the launcher and the probe.

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Image: XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound
XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound
XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound
Image: XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

A U.S. Coast Guard member is preparing to launch an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) to help calculate the speed of sound in the ocean. The launcher sends a probe into the water to measure depth and temperature variation below the ship. There is a copper wire attached to both the launcher and the probe.

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Communications and Publishing
Image: XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

XBT Used to Measure Speed of Sound

A U.S. Coast Guard member is preparing to launch an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) to help calculate the speed of sound in the ocean. The launcher sends a probe into the water to measure depth and temperature variation below the ship. There is a copper wire attached to both the launcher and the probe.

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Communications and Publishing