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Scientists on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Beaufort Sea, northeast of Barrow, Alaska, finished collecting the mission¹s sea ice data and cruised south on July 20, 2011, through thin ice and ultimately into the open ocean.U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Beaufort Sea -
On July 10, 2011, Jens Ehn of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (left), and Christie Wood of Clark University (right), scooped water from melt ponds on sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. The water was later analyzed from the Healy's onboard science lab.Sampling Melt Ponds -
On July 19, 2011, Zachary Brown of Stanford University sipped freshwater from a melt pond on sea ice in the Arctic ocean.Sipping From a Melt Pond -
On July 10, 2011, Don Perovich, of Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, maneuvered through melt ponds collecting optical data along the way to get a sense of the amount of sunlight reflected from sea ice and melt ponds in the Chukchi Sea.Maneuvering Melt Ponds -
On July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieved a canister dropped by parachute from a C-130, which brought supplies for some mid-mission fixes.Retrieving Dropped Supplies -
On July 6, 2011, ICESCAPE scientists lowered optical instruments through a hole at the bottom of a melt pond, to study the waters underneath the ice.ICESCAPE Optical Insturments -
On June 28, 2011, Holley Kelly, a teacher from Farragut High School, helped retrieve the CTD/Rosette ensemble from the Bering Strait, east of the Diomede Islands.Retrieving the CTD:Rosette -
ICESCAPE scientists watched from the deck of the Healy as it cut a path through thick multiyear ice on July 6, 2011. Cutting the path is key for getting researchers to remote research sites amid the sea ice.Cutting Through Multiyear Ice
ICESCAPE, or Impacts of Climate on EcoSystems and Chemistry of the Arctic. Pacific Environment, is a shipborne NASA mission to explore the impacts of climate change in the Arctic Ocean. During summer of 2011, the ICESCAPE scientists discovered a large bloom of ocean plant life growing under sea ice. To learn more about this discovery and its possible impacts for the Arctic ecosystem, the global carbon cycle and the ocean’s energy balance.
