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![NOAA Corps officer navigates survey launch](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/Ensign%20Iris%20Ekmanis%20acting%20as%20coxswain%20on%20one%20of%20Fiarweather%27s%20survey%20launches%20during%20survey%20operations%20in%20Glacier%20Bay%2C%20AK.%20Photo%20ENS%20Jessica%20Spruill.jpg?itok=0gfSt-1x)
Ensign Iris Ekmanis acting as coxswain on one of NOAA Ship Fairweather's survey launches during survey operations in Glacier Bay, AK.
![Crew members navigate ambar vessel in Glacier Bay](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/Crew%20members%20aboard%20NOAA%20Ship%20Fairweather%27s%20ambar%20vessel%20in%20Glacier%20Bay%20AK.%20Photo%20AB%20Jeff%20Greeley.jpg?itok=DvTtTPeq)
Crew members navigate NOAA Ship Fairweather's ambar vessel in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
![NOAA Corps officer navigates survey launch from NOAA Ship Fairweather](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/Ensign%20Iris%20Ekmanis%20navigates%20a%20survey%20launch%20from%20NOAA%20Ship%20Fairweather%20towards%20survey%20grounds%20near%20John%20Hopkins%20Glacier_Credit%20Ensign%20Jessica%20Spruill%20NOAA%20Corps.jpg?itok=9sM4Eisq)
Ensign Iris Ekmanis navigates a survey launch from NOAA Ship Fairweather towards survey grounds near John Hopkins Glacier.
![NOAA Corps officers deploy CTD](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/RA%20crew%20deploying%20CTD.jpg?itok=genFf7tY)
NOAA Corps officers Ensign Logan Dodson, Ensign Harper Umfress and Ensign Karl Wagner practice deploying a conductivity-temperature-depth instrument from NOAA Ship Rainier, which is used to gather sound velocity profiles of the water column.
![Survey launch approaches NOAA Ship Rainier](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/RA_surveylaunch.png?itok=ILh44JKR)
Crewmembers operating a survey launch practice coming alongside NOAA Ship Rainier while the ship is moored
![Survey launch alongside NOAA Ship Rainier](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/RA_survey%20launch%20alongside.jpg?itok=R9pZTEdP)
Hydrographic Survey Technician Christina Brooks throws a bow line to Ensign Karl Wagner to assist in bringing a launch alongside NOAA Ship Rainier
A NOAA Ship Rainier hydrographic survey launch approaches Dawes Glacier in Endicott Arm.
![NOAA Ship Rainier arrives at Thomas Bay, Alaska](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218040334im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/320_wide/public/media/RA_ThomasBay.jpeg?itok=DOMkUYN8)
NOAA Ship Rainier arrives at Thomas Bay, Alaska
NOAA Ship Rainier sailing from Newport, Ore. to southeast Alaska by way of the Inside Passage