Commander Mike Bernacchi (right), commanding officer of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Alexandria, and a shipmate join NOAA's 200th celebration from atop the world, after the submarine sail broke through the ice at the North Pole. The submarine was there with a Royal Navy submarine for "Ice Exercise 2007" in support of a University of Washington ice camp in the Beaufort Sea.

Image ID: post0062, NOAA's People Collection
Location: Arctic Ocean, North Pole
Credit: NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field

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