July 31 slideshow

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Rick Krishfield meets John Kemp (right) after helicopter reconnaissance to find the ITP. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
Rick and John assess the ITP position information. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The yellow ITP surface buoy and the Ice-Mass Balance (IMB) buoy in the background (right) about 30 meters from the ITP. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The ITP surface buoy free from the ice floe and ready for recovery. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
Seaman Barney Noseworthy prepares to hook the surface buoy. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The ITP system is winched aboard through the ship's starboard A-frame. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The ITP surface package (its flotation housing had slipped loose and down the wire during the recovery). (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
John Kemp and Seaman Allan Snow (right). (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
Seaman Tyler Cuff at the Lebus winch during the ITP recovery. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The yellow flotation housing separated from the rest of the surface package during recovery. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The surface flotation is hoisted aboard. The steel bar across the base of the float (put into place by Barney from the basket) was used as a toggle to raise the float. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The profiler and anchor weights are brought aboard. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
The ITP surface float and profiler suspended over the ship's A-frame. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)
Boatswain Rico Amamio guides the profiler on deck. (Mary-Louise Timmermans)

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