Keywords: Defense.gov News Photo 961105-N-4482V-002.jpg en Two crew members of the attack submarine USS Pogy SSN 647 survey the ice surrounding them after the sub surfaced at sunrise through a 6 inch thick layer of Arctic ice flow The submarine is on a 45-day research mission to the North Pole Seven scientists and technical advisors are conducting experiments and collecting samples for studies in water mass properties geophysics ice mechanics and pollution detection in the Arctic Ocean The research voyage is the second of five planned deployments through the year 2000 961105-N-4482V-002 Navy http //www defense gov/photos/newsphoto aspx newsphotoid 495 1996-11-05 en Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven H Vanderwerff U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Defense gov news media for November 1996 Import by User Slick-o-bot/Defense gov News Photos USS Pogy SSN-647 |