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Date: September 9, 2009
Contact: Pacific Area Public Affairs
510-437-3375
patrick.kelley@healy.polarscience.net

U.S., Canada work together in Arctic


 

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ARCTIC OCEAN – In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent ties up to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sep. 5, 2009.

The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the North American continental shelf.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Patrick Kelley)

 

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ARCTIC OCEAN – In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sep. 5, 2009.

The two ship's unique research and information gathering capabilities are being used to help scientists map the Arctic Ocean floor and locate the outer edge of the North American extended continental shelf.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Patrick Kelley)

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For more photographs, please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/cutterhealy, and to follow the Coast Guard Cutter Healy please visit http://cutterhealy.wordpress.com/

All information and imagery on both pages is for public use and is for release.

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