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NASA's Arctic Voyage gets underway

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NASA | Jun 17 2010

NASA's first oceanographic research expedition left Alaska on June 15, 2010. The five-week ICESCAPE mission is headed into the Arctic to study sea ice and the changing ocean ecosystem. Listen to the scientists as they get ready to head to sea.

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