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Figure 1


Fig. 1. A schematic illustrating the measured descent velocity of an eider diving into currents at the edge of a polynya. Eiders always dived into currents and ended upstream of their surface departure point. This schematic illustrates the dive angle and vectors used to calculate effective swim velocity, relative to the moving fluid, as described in the text.





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