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SLIDE SHOW Posted: February 6, 2008   
Tools of Polar Research: Icebreakers FLASH VERSION
One way researchers can navigate the icy waters at the Earth's poles is aboard a rugged, steel-plated ship known as an icebreaker.
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Science Team, Members of the science team and Healy crew pose on the ship's deck during the summer 2007 mission to the Chukchi Cap in the Arctic Ocean.
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Members of the science team and Healy crew pose on the ship's deck during the summer 2007 mission to the Chukchi Cap in the Arctic Ocean.
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