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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Puget Sound pilots: Job of risk, reward

In the predawn light, the ship's 2nd officer, Dimitrios Aposporis, right, and another crew member go over charts of local waters. In Puget Sound, pilots work 15 straight days, on-call at all times.