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News Release 14-158

Unmanned underwater vehicle provides first 3-D images of underside of Antarctic sea ice

Sucessful test of SeaBed give scientists a powerful tool to study the changes occurring in sea-ice extent

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research isntrument SeaBED deployment in antarctica

SeaBED was deployed from the British research vessel James Clark Ross.

Credit: Hanumant Singh / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution


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Scientists successfully test an unmanned underwater vehicle beneath Antarctic sea ice. The UAV produced high-resolution 3-D maps of previously inaccessible sea-ice floes.

Credit: WHOI/NSF


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