Scientist lower containers through a hole in the ice to collect water samples from different depths.

Sarah Thornton, Dean Stockwell and Terry Whitledge (left to right) take lower containers through a hole in the ice to collect water samples from different depths. Image courtesy of The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE.

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