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Under Ice

Under Ice

May 19, 2017

The lights of the hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereid Under Ice (NUI) shine beneath an ice floe during a 2016 cruise to search for life on the Arctic sea floor. NUI was designed to work beneath sea ice and near the calving front of a glacier—places that are difficult to study. The vehicle can operate as an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) following a pre-programmed mission or as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) connected to the surface by a thin, lightweight optical fiber tether that allows NUI to work in one place on the seafloor while its support ship moves with the ice at the surface. (Photo by Chris German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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