September 14th Photos : Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project

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Saturday morning as the icebreaker, Louis S. St-Laurent steamed toward station CB-1 a Polar bear was sighted off the starboard bow! (Fred Marin)

View of ice floes over the helipad as the icebreaker steamed between stations. (Fred Marin)

By sunset, we had moved out of the ice and were in open waters. (Marshall Swartz)

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