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Ice Flow

Working off the coast of Baffin Island (in the Canadian Arctic), the WHOI-operated research vessel Knorr backs up to an iceberg to retrieve a piece of equipment for the University of Washington. Though WHOI operates four research vessels, those ships are a shared resource of the oceanographic community. Any given cruise might by led by–and will certainly include–scientists, crew members, and technicians from all over the world. (Photo by Karen Johnson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)