Autonomous underwater vehicle Autosub returning from its mission underneath the Pine Island Ice Shelf in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica during expedition NBP0901. The Autosub measures water properties such as salinity, temperature, and oxygene content as well as the water depth below and the distance to the ice above it. It allows collecting data where ships cannot go.
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Year: 2009
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Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:AmundsenSea
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: NBP0901
Chief Scientist: Stan Jacobs
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