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Caption: The researchers used the National Science Foundation Research Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer to conduct their experiments in the Eastern Ross Sea. In the top photo, the ship rests in sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, at the foot of Mount Erebus, a 13,000 foot-high active volcano.
Credit: Photos by Bruce Luyendyk
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