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We began DBO-5 yesterday offshore from Barrow, AK also known as Barrow Canyon. As we finished this line, I took some pictures of the biodiversity that we have seen here. Stay tuned for DBO-5 organisms in a future blog! I have also included the expedition plan below to show the DBO-5 sampling line

As the advancement in technology continues, scientific research can take advantage of these changes. Oftentimes, researchers have to hike vast distances through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, with heavy equipment. At other times, some research cannot be done or is difficult to achieve

We'll take a litte break from science talk today to chat about life on the Healy. The Healy is a US Coast Guard vessel that is 420 feet long with a crew of about 60 to 80 people and 40 researchers at a time. This means that safety is very important. First, fire on a ship can be very dangerous so

Most of us know what drones are. They fly and are remote controlled. But have you ever heard of a saildrone? According to Saildrone, Inc. “A saildrone is an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that combines wind-powered propulsion technology and solar-powered

Weather and climate are easy terms to get confused. Both describe atmospheric conditions that affect our lives. Climate, however, describes average conditions in the atmosphere of a region over a long period of time. Weather describes atmospheric conditions of a region over a short period of time

In the early hours this morning, the Healy deployed its deep CTD cast at 73.4812 north latitude and 159.1684 west longitude. It was a frenzy of activity as everyone was looking to get some samples from such a deep sampling site. The CTD was deployed at around midnight and descended 3,014 meters to

Evie Fachon and her team from the Anderson Lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) are studying harmful algal blooms (HABs) on this expedition. As the oceans begin to warm and the sea ice melts, algae has access to more light. Algae are

What is one of the Gray Whale's favorite foods? Amphipods! The benthic team started to see them in their Van Veen grabs and, sure enough, Gray Whales were spotted soon after. Gray Whales have baleen that they use to filter their food. They push water out through the baleen plates and keep the food

We went for a hike at Atigun Gorge today. While it was frigid and windy, it was breathtaking in beauty. It also highlighted the fact that the tundra looks very level and easy to walk on when you look at it in pictures, but it's anything but that! There was a lot of slugging through small ponds, and

Through the weeks that I have been in Northern Alaska, my experiences out in the field have been immersing myself with various arctic projects that my team is undertaking. Oftentimes, researchers go to the most remote places in the arctic to conduct their research. This involves hiking for miles in