Images
are from Ute Kaden, TREC Teacher on the Healy
Cruise.
Click
here to go to her online journal.
Click
here to view the image gallery on the TREC website. |
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| Fresh food got delivered
to the Healy |
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The ice crew is unloading
their equipment |
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| Healy at the dock
in TROMSO, Norway |
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Map |
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| Norway Coastline 2 |
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Norway Coastline |
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| Keidi Niemann, Erin
Biemiller and Aimee Buford are at the Bidge to handle
the ships navigation toward Norway. |
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The stratigraphy of
yellow and brown sediment bands is clearly visible
on the split multicore material |
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| Dennis cleans the
JPC core just recovered from the Ocean |
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Waves are rolling
in |
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| The ice is gone |
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Quarters are held
daily to acknowledge special accomplishments |
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| Map 2 |
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All underway maps
by Steve Roberts |
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| Healy splashes through
the waves.The container with cores is on the right
side. |
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Focsle is the front
deck of the ship. |
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| Computers are secured |
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Coffeee maker is secured |
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| Dr. Coakley
infront of a seismic cross-section of the arctic
ocean with Hanna Eagle from Brownsville, TX |
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| My "Leaving
the ice observation" from 7:30 am to 11:00
am 9-27-05 |
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| Multi beam seismic
image of out last coring site to determine the depth |
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Hans Berge is preparing
the seismic gear for the last deployment |
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| Dennis Darby and Emma
Sellen cutting our last JPC core |
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I try to help out
and I video taped the coring operation for educational
use |
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| Dale is getting the
last JPC core ready- an icy job |
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Ute |
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| Ice Conditions |
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Radar Map |
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| Map 9-27 |
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Healy search lights
on the ice and the Oden leaving us |
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| The beauty of a frozen
corebarrel ! |
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MST's and Dale rigging
the JPC core at sub 0C temperatures-hard work |
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| Casino night and one
of the Black Jack Tables |
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Sunrise accompanied
by a beautiful display of sun dogs left and right
of the sun |
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| Arctic fog rolls in
in a matter of minutes |
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The freeze up has
started . Paper thin flexible sheets of ice form
around us |
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| Jimmy Jones Olemaun
our mammal observer from Barrow looks for polarbears
from the bridge |
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The engineering control
center provides control, monioring, alarm und reporting
functions of the auxiliary and propulsion equipment
through the MPCMS ( Machinery Plant Control and
Monitoring System) |
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| Healy Shadow |
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Ice Map |
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| Map from September
7 |
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CTD |
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| The two Captains did
a great Job |
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Farewell party for
the Swedish scientists |
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| Oden parked next to
an iceberg- night in the Arctic |
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Photo by Martin Jacobsson |
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| Photo Ursus by Alejandro |
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Polar bear feeding
on seal |
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| more pankace ice |
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iceberg |
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| sun set and pancake
ice |
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Our ship track from
Dutch Harbor, AK to Svalbard |
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| Pancake ice |
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I am on the bridge
studying the pancake ice |
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| small iceberg |
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slush pancake ice |
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| Map |
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cycloconverter diagram |
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| The shaft that turns
the propeller |
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The ECC team ready
to fix the ship if neccesary |
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| CWO2, Jeffrey Parker,
who is responsible for the Auxiliary and Main Propulsion
divisions aboard HEALY |
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This is an example
of the control screen in the ECC |
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| John Hopper and scientists
are working on the cruise data and reports |
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Gary and Dayton are
studying seismic data |
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| Propeller shaft driven
by the electromotor |
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Electro Motor |
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| Electromotor for the
propeller shaft |
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Transformer station |
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| 6600 V cables going
to the transformer |
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Diesel motor turns
the shaft of the generator |
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| DCC Philip Smelser
is monitoring the ships systems from the engineering
control center (ECC) |
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One of the four diesel
engines |
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| Leads and pressure
ridges from the air (photo by Jeremy) |
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We get sun rise and
sun sets now . This one is a sun rise. |
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| Healy broke a big
crack in the ice |
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Healy is breaking
ice |
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| Oden in front of Healy |
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Oden is following
our channel |
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| Beauty with moon |
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Pressure ridge |
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| Thick ice all around
us |
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Close Call! |
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| Oden & Healy are
very, very close |
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Map 09-21-05 |
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| LCDR Reeves driving
the ship and monitoring , speed, heading and rpm
of the motor shafts |
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LCDR John Reeves and
Captain Dan Oliver at the ships controls driving |
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| Ice |
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Kazu drills ice cores |
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| Don and Bruce measure
ice albedo |
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Healy shadow on the
ice and Oden in the background |
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| Beauty of Ice |
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Bingo Night 2 |
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| Bingo Night |
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ODEN and HEALY breaking
ice as a team |
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| Pirate
day at the HEALY |
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| IBACO map by Martin
Jacobsson helps to locate the Ridbes and Basins |
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The watch glass shows
the interior of the flash chamber where you can
see the water boiling and vaporizing. |
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| MKCS Bisson checks
the temperature gauge for the operational 168 degrees
Fahrenheit. |
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Main sea water pump |
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| The sea water is transported
through a 24 in sea suction pipe |
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MKCS Bisson explains
the sea water suction system |
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| Oden breaks ice |
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Sven the Helicopter
Pilot |
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| Coffee break on the
Oden |
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The Emlen Funnel is
used to determine the direction the bird would like
to fly. |
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| Susanne Akesson explains
her magnetic navigation bird project. |
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Northern Wheatear
is a long distance traveler |
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| Glenn, Dale, and Keidi
on the ODEN |
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Cozy Oden room |
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| Ludger explains his
CO2 carboncycle project |
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Toste explains his
science project |
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| Ulf and Dale infont
of the ODEN'S bridge |
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Keidi, Glenn, Dale,
Ulf on tour of the Oden |
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| Hello Air Taxi- Inside
the Swedish Helicopter |
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Dale, Glenn, Sven
(Pilot), Ute gettiing ready to fly |
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| Captain Dan Oliver |
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5 h later snow storm
and low visibility. I took the photo of the Healy
from the icebreaker Oden, 9-17-05 |
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| sun dogs visible in
the morning, 9-17-05 |
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Polar Bear mom and
her two cubs |
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| The Healy clearly
slid on top of heavy ice during the ramming. |
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EM1 B. Jolping works
on the Cycloconverter |
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| MKCS J. Bisson showed
me the cycloconverter area
Cycloconverters control the speed of the propulsion
motors through
varying the frequency (0 Hz-20Hz ) provided to
the motors. The ship has
two and the left one in the photo caused problems. |
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EMC F. Donze changes
electronic parts |
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| Backing
- Backing icebreaking sequence of the Healy |
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| Things freeze on deck
instantly |
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SN Peter Boggeln says
"Hi" to my students |
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| Captain Dan Oliver
at the Bridge |
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BMCS Sullivan (Navigator)
and LT Eller (Helo pilot) discussing the Tromso
map |
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Temperatures dropped
to the lower -15 C. Antennas and the loft
conn are covered with ice |
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Pressure ridges form
when ice floes are pushed against each other
by wind or sea currents. We saw some thick ones
up to 18 m. |
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| New ice forms |
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Erik has floor cleaning
duty. Great job- Thank you! |
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| Sun dogs 2 |
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Sun dogs are a spectacular
display . The sky seems to be on fire. |
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| Fredrick does laundry. |
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Erik on the treadmill
is a Karate champion and has a hard training program
EMCM Curtis is working out on the bicycle. |
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The work out at Healy
is serious business. People seem to give the
best at all times. |
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Thore is showing off
his strength. |
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| There are plenty of
washing machines and dryers available. |
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Oden in front of Healy
breaking ice by rocking from the left to the right |
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| through heavy ice
with average speed of 2 knots |
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Map 9-17-05 |
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| Sea ice with pressure
ridges up to 18m thick. |
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Oden in front of Healy
breaking ice. |
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| Dr. Leonid Polyak
during his Science Talk |
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Loft conn is the highest
point of the ship for navigation.
The two women are driving the ship. |
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| The two women are
driving the ship. |
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Loft conn is the highest
point of the ship for navigation. |
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| Flags
to show our appriciation to the country |
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| Mr. Lobster says Hi
to Tara Marx and my students at Hanna HS, Brownsville,
TX |
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The UH Cougar and
Hanna HS eagle at the North Pole |
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| Walter Reynoso-Peralta
is celebrating a dance from his home country Argentina |
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Vernier Lab Pro with
Photo gate at the North Pole for data collection
which will be used in physics at Hanna HS, Brownsville,
TX |
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| Hedda and I are collecting
acceleration data at the North Pole with Vernier
Physics Equipment |
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Plush animals and
Vernier Equipment at the North Pole |
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| The Seismic Team Yngve
Kristofferen, John Hopper and Erik Grindheim in
a discussion about seismic acticity at the North
Pole?! |
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Nina Ivanova , Leonid
Polyak and Thomas Greenfel celebrating at the North
Pole |
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| John Hopper on his
way to the Oden |
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MSTC Don Snider from
Harlingen, TX and Jimmy our mammal observer from
Barrow Alaska Celebrating the North Pole |
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| Santa lives at the
North Pole |
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Healy and Oden at
the North Pole |
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| Healy Crew with the
Captain in the middle is getting ready for a group
photo at the North Pole |
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Ice Liberty at the
North Pole |
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| Action at the Healy
Bridge-Navigator Tim is looking for the North Pole |
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The Pole at Last! |
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| Martin Jacobsson and
Leonid Polyak are discussing seismic data from the
Lomonosov Ridge. |
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Map of our multibeam
swath over the "Gap" in the Lomonosov
Ridge |
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| Gap in the Lomonsov
ridge 2 surveyed with Multibeam Bathymetry |
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Gap in the Lomonosov
Ride 1 |
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| Martin Jakobsson Map
about our survey area |
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Oden disappears in
the fog |
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| It is cold and the
antennas freeze |
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People watch from
the Helo deck Oden is departing |
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| Crane transfer of
people in a basket |
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Oden is just meters
from the Healy |
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| Amanda, a sudent at
Texas A & M, Galveston doing research on the
Oden and Ute Kaden, BISD Brownsville, TX (student
at University Houston) meet at USCGC Healy |
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Oden is coming closer |
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| sea ice next to the
Healy |
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Jeremy Harbeck takes
field notes |
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| Map - backing and
ramming |
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Dr. Greenfel with
the K-19 meassuring thermal radiation |
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| Healy Backing and
Ramming - Healy slides on the thick ice and needs
to back and ram to go forward |
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Weather changes fast
from sun to snow |
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| Satellite Image of
the low pressure system |
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Track 9-6 to 9-7,
Going nowhere |
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| Map 09-07-05 |
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Local time and Texas
Time. Still 24 hours daylight! |
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| Buoy from above |
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Buoy |
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| Ruben in helicopter |
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Ruben and helicopter |
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| Reading material found
on desks of the scientists |
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A coffee break at
Oden today; to the left Jessica Noel and Mattias
Peterson (Oden Chief Officer) and to the left Anders
Karlqvist (expedition leader) and Tomas Årnell
(Oden Captain) |
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| Physics teacher Mr.
Hoffmann coordinates the webevent at Hanna HS in
Brownsville, TX |
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Physics students at
Hanna HS, Brownsville, TX during the live webinar
from the USCGC Healy on September 1, 2005. |
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Physics students
at Hanna HS, Brownsville, TX during the live webinar
from the USCGC Healy on September 1, 2005. |
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Map 09-06-05 |
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| Dennis
Darby is the Chief of the science spectators |
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| Lots of cardboard
has to go to the front of the ship - our wogs do
it |
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Cinnamon wog is cleaning
the dry food room |
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| Cleaning with the
fire hose so the ship does not get dirty!
photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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That is it- old ,
smelly food
photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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| Captain Dan Oliver
(left) had lots of fun watching |
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Even CDR Jackson had
to paricipate. He did it with a smile. |
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| Everybody had to go
in the cold sea water pool
photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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He won the Mrs. Healy
show
photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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| Huuu, cold sea water
and one has to dive under
photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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Marching in position
on the Helo deck for Sport activities |
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| Back from Sport on
the Helo deck - wet and cold |
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Walter, Asa and Beth
are "Blue noses" |
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| Non Talent show and
two girls in on Mustang suit are dancing |
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Non-Talent show participants
Dayton, Ute, Walter (Jazz dancer) and Beth (photo
by Bjorn Eriksson) |
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| Ruben, the Swedish
teacher and Karina from Norway as wogs |
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Ice is closing behind
the Healy |
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| Pressure ridges make
us backing an ramming the ice |
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Oden drives next to
the Healy |
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| Map 09-04-05 |
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Sunday activities
9-4-05 at Healy |
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| Oden 2 |
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Oden 1 |
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| Dr. Coakley is answering
questions during the 9/1/05 webinar from the Healy
with New Zealand |
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Live conference from
the Healy. Captain Dan Oliver is answering questions |
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| Oden breaks ice in
front of Healy |
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Fresh snow lets one
think of Christmas |
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| Healy is following
a big lead (ice free channel ) |
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Beth our mammal observer
on the frozen Healy upper deck |
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| Sextant |
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sea cucumber 2 |
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| sea cucumber |
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Fredrik Ludvigsen |
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| Karina
Monsen |
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| Paula,
Emma, Raidar and Ute cutting the core |
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| Leonid at 14.5 m of
sediments |
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Dennis awaiting the
JPC (Jumbo Piston Core) |
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| Dave and Steve retrieving
satellite maps in the computer room at the bridge |
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Ice conditions of
the day. The basket for the ice people is visible |
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| Paul is playing his
horn. |
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Glenn is reading the
book "Sea legs" while waiting for his
Multi Core. |
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| Dale and John are
relaxing to music |
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Karina from Norway
is working on her physics homework. |
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| All good things come
to an end. Up and on the ship it goes... Bye, bye...
What a fun day on the Arctic Ocean! |
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Alejandro (center)
from Venuzuela had his first close contact with
snow and ice |
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| The special force
unit takes care of the problem - On thin ice! |
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Ohhh no, this egg
shaped thing is in the melt pond, again! Help! |
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| An excellent soccer
game needs a good referee. “All decisions
are final”, no doubt about this. He is available
for the World Cup in Germany 2006 if needed. (Not
to worry- It is our bear watch!) |
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Soccer game in front
of the ship. great fun. |
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| Gary, Beth and John
talking about navigation, mammals, computers...? |
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Dennis Darby going
for an eagle at melt pond 18 |
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| Small talk with Captain
Dan Oliver |
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Beth, David, Will
and Asa enjoying the Arctic Ocean white snow beach |
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| Ice liberty is fun! |
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Bear (Beer) watch
is a serious business |
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| Yes, we are ready
for Ice Libery One! |
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Finaly, the JPC is
onboard. 5 scientists had pushed ice away for about
3 hours |
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| The rope filled with
microphones on the ice is our seismic streamer-
Help!!! |
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08-26-05 Map |
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| Oh, how can we get
the steamer back on the ship? |
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Kazu meditates after
a successful day |
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| Don Perovich and Bruce
Elder working on the web cam |
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Yes, bears eat science
equipment and people. A bear watch is a must when
on ice. |
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| Thomas Grenfell is
drilling an ice core |
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Thomas, Jeremy and
I on the ice near a melt pond. Helo is flying. |
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| Instruments that are
left behind on the ocean can work up to 2 years |
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Jeremy and Thomas
are surveying the melt ponds |
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| Ute is measuring tice
thickness (photo by Jeremy H.) |
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A photo of our ship
and myself from an Ocean perspective (Photo by Jeremy
H.) |
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| Basket gets lowered
down |
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The basket is loaded
ready to go down. I am holding on to a buoy that
will get deployed at the station |
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| Dr. Bernie Coakley
at the fan tail. |
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We had snow on the
deck today-Snowman was the result. |
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| The 250m streamer
on the ice. Seismic scientists have to say bye to
it. |
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Photo of me at the
bridge 8-24-05 (Photo by David Hassilev) |
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| Multi beam data on
Walter's computer screen. |
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The USCGC Healy breaking
ice. |
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| Walter Reynosa-Peralta
translating the letter into Spanish. |
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Training flights for
the helicopter crew. |
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| Multicore
gets lowered to the ocean floor. |
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| JPC Covered With Ice |
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Ute + Multicore |
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| Map for
8-22-05 |
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| Hans and his team
patch the seismic gear (very sensative equipment)
to make it withstand the heavier ice impact. |
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Martin and Dale prepararing
the JPC. It is cold! |
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Multi core filed with
mud (sediments) is retrieved from the ocean floor
1859 m below. |
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Ice Conditions 8-22-05 |
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Nila and grease ice
form on the ocean an indication that it is getting
colder. |
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Stone found within
one of the sediment cores.
Photo courtesy of Ruben Fritzon |
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Because of the variation
of the environment and the biological activity in
the ocean, different kinds of materials (sediment)
fall to the bottom. This makes it possible to see
different layers in the cores.
Photo courtesy of Ruben Fritzon |
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John and Ruben splitting
sediment cores in half to see what is inside.
Photo courtesy of Ruben Fritzon |
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| Map by
Steve Roberts |
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| Ingve shows Karina
the technical specifications of the seismic equipment |
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John Rand splitting
the cores with sediments |
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| Mud slices from the
multi core. |
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Sandrine & Ute
processing the multi core sediments |
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| Chief seismic scientist
Ingve Kristoffersen from Norway and High School
student Karina are observing the seismic equipment
in the water. Ingve is a great teacher as well! |
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John Hopper from Texas
A& M University explains the seismic data to
David Hassilev |
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| Dennis Darby serves
Pizza to Second Commander Jackson |
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Germain, Sandrine,
Walter are serving pizza |
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| The Cooking Pot is
Huge! |
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Paula, Vibeke and
Asa cooking |
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| Christina the coast
guard cook helps Vibeke to find the right spices. |
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Ruben is a Swedish
Teacher. |
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| Ice Photo of Today
8-19-05 |
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Glenn Berger securing
the multi cores - A muddy business |
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| Glenn Berger supervises
the recovery of the multi core |
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John Rand is cutting
the retrieved JPC in sections of 1.5 m length. |
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| Dale Hubbard, Dennis
Darby and MST's getting the JPC ready for deployment. |
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Location on 8-20-05 |
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| Location of my 1st
Polar Bear |
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Polar bear tracks
on the ice flow 8-19-05 - Photo by Steve Roberts |
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| Polar Bear 8-19-05
- Photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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Polar bear in front
of the ship 8-19-05. - Photo by Steve Roberts |
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| My first polar bear
8-19-05 - Photo by Bjorn Eriksson |
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Crew is watching the
bear from the bow of the ship. |
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| Web Conference 8-17-05 |
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Today’s ice
view from the Healy Deck in the morning, 0ºC,
good visibility |
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| MTSC Don, Ute and
Swedish teacher Ruben during the TREC webinar -
photo by Eva Gronlund |
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MTSC Don, Ute and
Swedish teacher Ruben during the TREC webinar -
photo by Eva Gronlund |
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| Brownsville I.S.D.
science teachers listening to the TREC webinar live
from the USCGC Healy 8-17-05 |
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MSTC Don Snider and
myself ready to go for the web conference. |
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| Mr. Boggeln shows
me the map with our position on the Bridge of the
Healy |
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IBACO (our previous
Track) |
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| A map of the location
of the USCG Icebreaker Healy on 8-18-05 - Mendeleyev
Ridge |
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Arctic Circumpolar
Map showing location of the USCG Icebreaker Healy
on 8-18-05 |
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| Shaft |
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Giant Bolts! |
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| Machines |
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Rescue Gear |
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| Ladders 2 |
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Inside the Healy |
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| Ladders |
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Caution |
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| Danger |
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Tour |
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| Looking Back –
Healy breaks ice |
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Mammal Observer Alejandro
Sayegh from Venezuela |
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| Ice On the Ship's
Bell |
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Telescope With Icicles |
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| Ropes and wires have
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| The pale
red dot - USCGC Healy, HOTRAX 2005 |
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| Photo by Bruce Elder |
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Photo by Bruce Elder |
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| Bruce and Don getting
ready for the first ice aerial survey flight |
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Seismic data showing
strata of the ocean floor several 100 m deep |
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| Our Japanese
ice scientists processing data on the computer |
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| Sea Ice |
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| Sandrine, Emma and
Martin getting cores ready for freezing |
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Dale Hubbard carries
cores to the refrigeration container |
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| Cores getting stored |
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The air guns going
in the water |
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| Hans and Yngve on
the fantail |
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air gun assembly which
produces the sound wave for the seismic data collection |
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| Action on the fantail
of the ship |
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the fantail team is
always working |
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| Karina, Tore, Vibeke,
Hedda and Fredrik listen to Dr. Coakley’s
explanation of the seismic data |
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Erik controls the
computers for the seismic gear |
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| Yngve directing the
crane for the air guns |
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Healy breaking sea
ice ice 1-3m |
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| Mess deck - Some times
people need to eat |
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Reidar Lovlie explains
core sediments to David Hassiley |
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| Martin Jacobsson &
Dennis Darby retrieving core |
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Geophysics people
are discussing sub bottom ocean floor data. |
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| Ice men on their way
to collect data on the ice |
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Crew is listening
to Don’s presentation about sea ice |
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| Don is talking about
climate change |
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Don is talking about
sea ice research |
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| Bruce and Jeremy discussing
data |
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Don Perovich with
gear for measuring ice properties is going up to
the bridge to install it |
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| An old pressure ridge
and a lead in the background floating next to Healy |
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Paul Hankart explains
the seismic data collection |
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| The sea ice is about
1.5-2 m thick |
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Healy is charging
through the ice |
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Midnight Sun |
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| Healy Fantail |
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Seismic Gear 2 |
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| Seismic Gear |
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Rain |
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| Yes, those young people
from the Coast guard drive the ship |
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Steve Roberts (Computer
Specialist Navigation), David Hassiley (Networking
Specialist), Beth Haley (Lead Mammal observer),
Captain Trembl y (Ice Observer) having fun with
technology |
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| Leonid Polyak ( Leonid
Polyak and Emma Sellen working on cores which contain
thousands of years of mud) |
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Otherworldly surroundings |
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| MST’S (Marine
Science Technician) from the coast guard are helping
the scientists to set up equipment. And here the
surprise of the day: “Are you the teacher
from Hanna , Brownsville, TX? I am from Harlingen,
TX. My name is Snider.” How cool is that?
You will learn more about him soon. |
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Healy fantail, first
multi core, seismic gear gets deployed by Yngve
Kristoffersen’s crew. |
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| Jimmy Jones Native
from Barrow Alaska observes mammals from the bridge |
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Map by Steve Roberts |
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| Ice Hole |
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Healy Ice |
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| First Sea Ice |
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Healy Ice Moving |
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| Healy Ice 3 |
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Ice Map |
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| Like Vitus Bering
we were unable to spot any land sailing through
the Bering Strait. |
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Main science lab of
the Healy. Bjorn Eriksson is calibrating the core
reading sensors. |
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| Leonid Polyak (coring
scientist), Dennis Darby (Co-Chief Coring), Martin
Jakobsson (Scientist coring) are interpreting coring
data |
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Hirokatsu Uno is in
a hurry putting on his mustang suit which is required
for working on the fantail of the ship |
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| Japanese equipment
arrives |
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Can you see the stifling
fog of the Bearing Sea? |
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| LCDR Dalitch is checking
the course of the Healy |
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Russia and Alaska
are only 53 miles (85 km) apart!
The Bering Sea is bordered by Russia, Alaska’s
mainland, the Aleutian Islands, and the Commander
Islands. At the northernmost part lies the Bering
Strait where Russia and Alaska almost touch. |
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| Coast guard people
discuss Helicopter upcoming operations |
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Safety drills followed. |
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| Yngve Kristoffersen
and his crew getting science equipment ready |
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Soon the coastline
has disappeared |
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| Last look back to
Dutch Harbor, AK like many sea men have done before
us… |
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Dr. Bernie Coakley
and Dr. John Hopper wave Good Bye. |
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| The last rope is cut! |
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A tug boat helped
us getting out of the Harbor safely. |
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| Ready to leave… |
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People on deck watching
the departure |
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| Dutch Harbor is located
at 54 North |
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Healy is ready to
go… |
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| Healy at the city
dock from Dutch Harbor, 8-4-05 |
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Dr. Bernard Coakley,
Co-chief Scientist seismic |
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| USCGC Healy ready
to sail |
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Healy loads last supplies |
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| USCGC Healy small
red dot Unalaska, AK |
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First look at the
Healy 8-02-05 |
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| My home for the next
to weeks is called “Stateroom” |
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Door 2 Healy 8-3-05 |
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| Watertight doors on
the ship are large, heavy and potentially dangerous |
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Traffic Patters on
the Healy 8-3-05 |
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| I run up and down
at least 30 times a day. |
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My bed USCGC Healy
8-3-05 |
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| Healy loads science
equipment Dutch, AK 8-3-05 |
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USCGC Healy (red)
at Dutch Harbor, AK 8-2-05 |
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View out of my room
Healy 8-3-05
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My room on the Healy
8-2-05 |
