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View of the open ocean from a ship.
Date Taken:
April 22, 2018
Photograph By:
Ken Vicknair
License Type:
Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Sunrise over the Amundsen Sea as viewed from the bridge of the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer, transiting east along the Antarctic Circle. This photo was taken at 67 degrees South, just one degree south of the Antarctic Circle. 

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the largest wind-driven current on Earth. It is the only current that connects the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and yet there is still much to be learned about it.

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