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Diver makes ready for work in the freezing cold ice-covered water in the Beaufort Sea. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Searching for the mooring on the surface of the sea-ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Searching on the ice surface north in the Beaufort Sea for the mooring with the instrument with important climate data. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Squadron superintendent Andreas Soløy makes ready for diving under the ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
The diver has a support team on the surface providing safety and handling. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
The mooring was found 20 meter from where the diver went into the water through the ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Lieutenant Thomas Andersen cutting the ice where the mooring was found. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Removing the ice to be able to lift the mooring out of the water. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
The buoy holding the mooring is visible after the ice is removed. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Lifting the buoy onboard "KV Svalbard". Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
The buoy is safely onboard the deck. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
The mooring is lifted onboard "KV Svalbard" with instruments important to understand the temperature changes in the Arctic Ocean. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
PHOTO GALLERY: In October and November 2020, the Norwegian Coast Guard ship "KV Svalbard" sailed a high-latitude voyage from the Norwegian Arctic to the Beaufort Sea north of Alaske to assist climate scientists recover three moorings with instruments that for a year had collected important data about sea temperatures under the Arctic ice cover.
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