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The KAPITAN DRANITSYN moored in the ice near the French sailingvessel TARA which will intentionally be frozen in the ice for two years to study Arctic climatology and oceanography

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The KAPITAN DRANITSYN moored in the ice near the French sailingvessel TARA which will intentionally be frozen in the ice for two years to study Arctic climatology and oceanography.

Credit

NOAA Climate Program Office, NABOS 2006 Expedition

Photographer

Mike Dunn

Display Date

2006 September 3

Location

Arctic Ocean, north of western Russia

NOAA Affiliation

NC State Museum of Natural Sciences