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Ari Daniel Shapiro: Narwhal tagging in the arctic

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As a grad student, Ari Daniel Shapiro has to tag some narwhals to collect data. The problem: it's in the arctic, the devices have never been tested, and if he fails he'll never be able to do research again.

This story originally aired on October 28, 2012.

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