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News Release 99-021
Nuclear Submarine Puts to Sea to Serve Science
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The bridge of the USS Hawkbill at Scientific Ice Expedition '98 after breaking through the ice. SCICEX '99 was conducted aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), which was able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform for a sophisticated sonar system dubbed the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pods (SCAMP).
Credit: Dale Chayes of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
A computer displays sonar information on board a U.S. Navy submarine as part of Scientific Ice Expedition (SCICEX) '99. SCICEX '99 was conducted aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), which was able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform for a sophisticated sonar system dubbed the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pods (SCAMP).
Credit: Dale Chayes of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
The USS Hawkbill at Scientific Ice Expedition '98 after breaking through the ice. SCICEX '99 was conducted aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), which was able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform for a sophisticated sonar system dubbed the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pods (SCAMP).
Credit: Dale Chayes of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
The sail of the USS Hawkbill at Scientific Ice Expedition '98 after breaking through the ice. SCICEX '99 was conducted aboard USS Hawkbill (SSN 666), which was able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform for a sophisticated sonar system dubbed the Seafloor Characterization and Mapping Pods (SCAMP).
Credit: Dale Chayes of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
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