| Photos by Chris Linder (Woods Hole Oceaongraphic Institution), on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden. |
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On a clear day, recovering an underwater vehicle could be relatively easy. ?Clear,? in this case, referred not to the sky, but to the ocean. Using sound signals, scientists guided the robotic vehicle Puma to surface in a calm, open pool of water in the ice pack and head right toward WHOI engineer John Kemp in a crane-operated basket, almost like a good dog coming home to poppa (left). Oden?s Able Seaman Stefan Borstad crooked the crane?s elbow as far down as it could go and extended its forearm to get the basket as close as possible to the water line. Kemp reeled in Puma, and Borstad reeled in Kemp.
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