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Students, Museum Visitors, and Web Surfers Can Join First Search for Life on the Arctic Ocean Floor

Through the use of the World Wide Web and satellite communications, WHOI researchers are bringing thousands of students and citizens along with them to the world's most isolated, frigid ocean. The research team will conduct live satellite phone conversations from the icebreaking ship to visitors at partner museums across the United States.

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