Keywords: US Navy 090320-N-8273J-372 Personnel from the Applied Physics Lab Ice Station prepare to mine ice to bring back fresh water to the camp.jpg en ARCTIC OCEAN March 20 2009 Personnel from the Applied Physics Lab Ice Station prepare to mine ice to bring back fresh water to the camp Due to the extreme salt content of the water ice mines which are pockets of older ice where the salt has leeched out over time leaving fresh water is a necessity to support the ice camp Two Los Angeles-class submarines USS Helena SSN 725 and USS Annapolis SSN 760 will participate in the exercise with researchers from the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and personnel from the Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M Jones/Released 2009-03-20 090320-N-8273J-372 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 69902 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M Jones PD-USGov-Military-Navy Arctic Ocean Ice Exercise 2009 Images from US Navy location Arctic Ocean USS Annapolis SSN-760 |