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A Buoy’s Long Strange Trip

Since 2004, WHOI scientists have deployed ice-tether profilers (ITPs) in polar sea ice to monitor changing conditions in the Arctic. ITP 47 found its way to the coast of Ireland.

A Buoy's Long Strange Trip
Li'l Alvin

Li’l Alvin

Tom Ryder is a professional underwater diver and a radio-controlled model builder. That combination, naturally,…