Keywords: 961105-N-4482V-012 Arctic Submarine Mission.jpg en 961105-N-4482V-012 During an Arctic sunrise on board the U S Navy s attack submarine USS Pogy SSN 647 Jay Simpkins far left a scientist with the Oregon State University collects water samples while Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Cronley foreground stands watch as a safety observer on boats deck The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000 Pogy embarked a team of researchers led by Mr Ray Sambrotto of Columbia University During the several thousand mile trek the submarine collected data on the chemical biological and physical properties of the Arctic Ocean and conducted experiments in geophysics ice mechanics pollution detection and other areas For the purposes of this voyage a portion of the submarine s torpedo room was converted into laboratory space However at no time was the ship ever removed as a front-line warship U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate Second Class Steven H Vanderwerff Released 961105-N-4482V-012 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 425 U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate Second Class Steven H Vanderwerff PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Pogy SSN-647 |