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DEC 2012

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FOLLOW SEA TECHNOLOGY ON Sign up to receive quick and timely updates directly from Sea Technology on the latest in the ocean/marine industry. http://twitter.com/seatechnology Also available through our website: Sea Tech e-News Our official electronic newsletter & Sea Technology digital magazine the online version of our publication www.sea-technology.com 86 st / DECEMBER 2012 st looksback December Issue 25 Years Ago 1987. An iceberg called B-9, measuring 2,450 square miles with an average thickness of 750 feet, broke away from the Ross ice shelf and drifted west in the Ross Sea. The effect was thought to alter the map of the continent. ... Fugro Consultants International B.V. merged with McClelland Engineers under the name Fugro-McClelland B.V. The new frm billed itself as the largest geosciences consulting frm in the world. ... Canada announced an oceans strategy for long-term economic development. More than $8 billion and 140,000 jobs were directly attributed at the time to the use of Canada's oceans and their resources. 15 Years Ago 1997. The U.S. Coast Guard's launch of its then newest icebreaker, Healy, resulted in a splash that inundated about 40 dignitaries with muddy Mississippi water and debris. A few broken bones were among the minor injuries. ... Deep Sea Systems International Inc. delivered its fourth Max Rover system to Yukon Recovery Inc. for use in commercial search and salvage operations. ... Researchers Robert Loveland and Mark Botton were studying the relationship between spawning horseshoe crabs and a fshery in Delaware Bay to track the impact of increased harvesting on the species' ability to sustain itself. 10 Years Ago 2002. A federal court granted a request by environmental groups to block the U.S. Navy from deploying a high-intensity sonar system that scientists believed posed a threat to populations of whales, dolphins, seals and other marine mammals. ... The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology bought an ROV-Homer acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International Ltd. to relocate research instruments deployed in the Japan Trench at 7,000 meters depth and the Marianas Trench at 12,000 meters depth. ... Marlow Ropes was contracted to design and supply polyester mooring ropes for BP's Mad Dog truss spar. This was the frst polyester permanent mooring system in the Gulf of Mexico. n www.sea-technology.com Revised Statement of Ownership, Management & Circulation Àled with USPS, Form 3526, December 1, 2012 for Sea Technology, September 1, 2012 issue, publication number 647500, 12 issues published annually at $60 per year with ofÀces at 1501 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209. Publisher: C. Amos Bussmann; Editor: Meghan Ventura, both of Arlington, VA. Owner: Compass Publications, Inc., Arlington, VA. Stockholders holding one or more percent of the total amount of stock: C. Amos Bussmann, Arlington, VA. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders owning or holding one percent or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: None. Av. ea. preceding 12 months Actual nearest Filing date Total no. of copies 15,486 14,700 Total paid/requested circulation 14,027 13,100 Total paid/requested electronic copies Extent & nature of circulation 2,111 2,547 Total requested dist. by mail 9,403 8,910 Total requested dist. by other carriers 4,478 4,019 85 109 848 736 Requested copies dist. through USPS other mail classes Free dist. by mail Free dist. by outside mail (tradeshows & other sources) 417 660 Total free dist. 15,486 14,700 Total distribution 15,292 14,496 Copies not distributed Total net press run Percent paid or requested circ. 195 204 15,486 14,700 92% 90% I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. Signed, C. Amos Bussmann, Publisher.

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