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STEP 3: A DEEP-SEA CAMPER?The third new under-ice vehicle, designed and built by WHOI engineers led by John Bailey, is called Camper (short for ?camera/sampler?). Above, WHOI engineer John Kemp guides Camper into an ice-free pool created by the icebreaker Oden. The 6,200-pound steel-frame box?5 feet wide, 7 feet long, and 5.5 feet tall?is towed behind the icebreaker, which drifts with the ice pack. Camper is lowered to the seafloor via a winch and a fiber-optic cable.
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Posted: April 15, 2008
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