ATLANTIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Pelland awaits the high point of an oncoming wave to return a rehabilitated yearling Loggerhead turtle to the Gulf Stream off the coast of North Carolina from aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Staten Island, March 24, 2011. The Loggerhead was one of six turtles that were cared for by members of the North Carolina Sea Turtle Project and then transferred by the Coast Guard crew based in Fort Macon, N.C. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin.
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