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Mooring specialist Jim Ryder makes adjustments to a brand-new mooring float that will provide buoyancy to hold oceanographic instruments in place in the water. Ryder was part of the teams that deployed six Southern Ocean moorings in 2001 and recovered five in 2002. By an amazing chance, he was aboard the R/V Palmer in the Southern Ocean when news came about the "ghost mooring" and was able to carry out the recovery operation. (Photo by Fiamma Straneo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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