Additional RUSALCA Info
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Photo & Video Log

This page contains photos and videos taken during the the RUSALCA 2009 expedition that set sail on August 22 from Nome, Alaska, on the Russian research vessel Professor Khromov, for a 40-day voyage into the Bering Strait and northwards to the Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon camera icon is present, a video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Multiple video formats are available on the linked pages. If a Podcast icon Podcast Icon is present, a video or audio file is available for download or you can subscribe to the RSS Podcast Feed. NOAA Podcast RSS 2.0 Feed

If a slideshow icon slideshow icon is present, a visual log of exploration images can be viewed. You can scroll through them one by one, or select the play button for an automatic slideshow.

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See a slideshow of the RUSALCA's Exploration photos.

camera icon See a slideshow of photos from the RUSALCA's 2004 expedition.

See a slideshow of the RUSALCA's Exploration photos.

camera icon See a slideshow of the RUSALCA 2009 exploration photos.

 

 

 

 

Images

RUSALCA managers and chief scientists onboard the R/V Lavrentiev, 2008.

Mission Summary
RUSALCA managers and chief scientists onboard the R/V Lavrentiev, in 2008.

Sang Lee and Hyoung Min Joo at the northernmost station of the 2009 RUSALCA expedition.

September 29 Log
Sang Lee and Hyoung Min Joo at the northernmost station of the 2009 RUSALCA expedition.

Elizaveta Ershova, Cornelia Jaspers, and Russ Hopcroft steady the bongo plankton net package.

September 28 Log
Elizaveta Ershova, Cornelia Jaspers, and Russ Hopcroft steady the "bongo" plankton net package.

Mike Kong, Dan Torres and Marshall Swartz stand by as the CTD recorder returns.

September 27 Log
Mike Kong, Dan Torres, and Marshall Swartz stand by as the CTD recorder returns.

Marlene Jeffries fills a sample bottle with water from a Niskin bottle mounted to the rosette.

September 25 Log
Marlene Jeffries fills a sample bottle with water from a Niskin bottle mounted to the rosette.

Sarah Minks Hardy holds an octocoral as tall as she is.

September 24 Log
Sarah Mincks Hardy holds an octocoral as tall as she is.

The water surface looked like liquid metal.

September 21 Log
The water surface looks like liquid metal.

2003 Multibeam bathymetric map of the pockmark site.

September 18 Log
A 2003 multibeam bathymetric map of the pockmark site.

Mike Kong, Vladimir Bakhmutov, Dan Torres, and Russ Hopcroft help guide the swinging rosette to its palette.

September 15 Log
Mike Kong, Vladimir Bakhmutov, Dan Torres, and Russ Hopcroft help guide the swinging rosette to its palette.

NOAA ice map.

September 14 Log
NOAA ice map.

Aleksey Ostrovskiy, center, translates between Chief of Expeditions Vladimir Bakhmutov, left, and graduate student Jared Weems, right.

September 11 Log
Aleksey Ostrovski (center) translates between Chief of Expeditions Vladimir Bakhmutov (left) and graduate student Jared Weems (right)

Compounding seasickness.

September 10 Log
Compounding seasickness.

The inflatable baby pool used for the phytoplankton experiment.

September 9 Log
The inflatable baby pool used for the phytoplankton experiment.

 

 

 

The ice in the Chukchi Sea sometimes resembled hills.

Mission Plan
The ice in the Chukchi Sea sometimes resembled hills.

The zones profile of a typical coral reef.

Mission Plan
Russ Hopcroft of University of Alaska – Fairbanks displays one of the larger and more festive starfish brought up in a benthic trawl.

A small urchin collected in benthic trawls.

Mission Plan
A small urchin collected in benthic trawls.

A pile of starfish (species Ctenodiscus crispatus) from a benthic trawl.

Mission Plan
A pile of starfish, Ctenodiscus crispatus, from a benthic trawl.

 

 

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