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Stories From Sea! |
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NEW!!! -5 October 2015- Update from Professor Measures, currently heading South at 73˚N in the Arctic Ocean. Read this update HERE! |
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Photo 1: current location of the ship, on the way back from the North Pole |
Photo 2: Aurora Boralis as seen from the ship! |
Photo 3: Rough seas now that they are away from the sea ice! See above text link for more details! |
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________ -27 Sept 2015- Update from Professor Measures, heading South at 78˚N and 148˚W in the Arctic Ocean. Read this update HERE! |
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Photo 1: Scientists walking down the gangway to collect ice samples. |
Photo 2: Scientists drilling a hole through the ice floe. |
Photo 3: Coast Guard rescue personnel standing nearby, just in case of emergency while the scientists are out collecting samples on the ice. |
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________ -12 Sept 2015- Update from Professor Measures, currently at 87˚ 43'N, 149˚W in the Arctic Ocean. They have officially been to the North Pole! Read this update HERE! Picture 2: Group photo at the North Pole! This is the first time that a U.S. ship has gone to the North Pole unaccompanied.
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Photo 3: Another GEOTRACES ship from Germany arrived at the North Pole while they were there, and the scientists on each got to walk across the ice floes to meet each other and visit each ship. |
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________ - 1 Sept 2015 - Update from 87˚ 31'N, 179˚E in the Arctic Ocean. Read this update HERE! |
Below: The science team's current home at sea - the USCGC Healy |
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Photo 2: Water sampler, CTD Rosette |
Photo 3: Special metal-free water sampler: CTD Rosette (to right), and the winch that lifts it (front) |
Photo 4: They saw this polar bear! Photo credit Bill Schmoker. |
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Aug 20, 2015 - On USCGC Healy (U.S. Coast Guard Ship) at 76˚N in the Arctic Ocean! Read this update HERE! |
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Below: The map shows the cruise track indicating where the ship has been so far (dark red) and where it was on 20 Aug 2015 (ship-shaped outline). |
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Image 1: Boxes to be unpacked, main lab |
Image 2: Making a home-made trace element 'bubble', main lab |
Image 3: Professor Measures connecting necessary cables to power the lab-van |
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