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Life on the Edge

Sometime around 2:30 a.m. Monday, after a half-day sail north through the open ocean, a long, straight, white line appeared, like a second horizon. It was the edge of the Arctic ice pack.

Read on about our adventure in the slideshow below. Can't see the slideshow? Get the Flash plug in »

 

 

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