Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with Sailors from the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Annapolis while visiting the Applied Physics Lab Ice Station arctic camp during Ice Exercise March 21, 2009 in the Arctic Ocean. Two Los Angeles-class submarines, USS Helena and USS Annapolis are participating in the exercise with researchers from the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and personnel from the Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory.

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with Sailors from the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Annapolis while visiting the Applied Physics Lab Ice Station arctic camp during Ice Exercise March 21, 2009 in the Arctic Ocean. Two Los Angeles-class submarines, USS Helena and USS Annapolis are participating in the exercise with researchers from the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and personnel from the Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory.

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