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Dr. Sue Moore, NOAA/ Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, is conducting research with acoustic sonobouys, hydrophones, and qualitative observations of marine mammal distributions. The use of acoustic sonobouys has become a reliable tool in detecting the distinctive

Today was another incredible day aboard the USCGC Healy. The Bering Sea Ecosystem Study team of scientists and the US Coast Guard held a ‘Live from IPY!' webinar this morning. It was fantastic talking to everyone and everyone aboard the Healy enjoyed talking about his or her projects and research. I

The Healy was near sampling station, DLN3, when the opportunity presented itself to the sample the snow and ice on the ice pack. DLN3 is approximately 3 miles from the International Dateline. It was interesting to have yesterday feel like tomorrow! ** Next to the Dateline!** *The Healy was within 3

Listen to a short audio file of the ship breaking through the pack ice. We were in an area south of St Lawrence Island. I recorded the audio on the 02 deck near the bow. The ice was several meters thick in the ice ridges. Inside the sounds are incredible! It has the qualities like someone scratching

These pictures are for Ms. Manning's class! I took these pictures of the sunrise and nighttime we were traveling between sampling stations. The images are of the bow of ship. They are updated every two minutes. A snowy night A snowy night aboard the Healy A pressure ridge in the night *A

**Polar-Date March 16, 2008 ** It’s been one week since the PolarTREC teachers returned to their homes, and for me it’s been a busy one. First of all, it’s such a pleasure to be with my family again, the humans (husband, daughter (21) and son (18) and the pets (2 dogs and 3 cats). This is Pi our

Bearded seal habitat is a year-round with moving ice. They avoid shore ice and thick unbroken ice. Today we went through prime habitat for the bearded seal. Moving between stations, we encountered a series of ice ridges and thick undulations in the ice. The ship maneuvered to a ribbon of thin ice

Finally saw my first male walrus on Saturday! Off to the portside of the ship, we saw him just prior to reaching our first sampling station. We have been in the ice for the past couple of days. First year ice, less than a meter thick, moves a lot with the wind. There are leads, open patches of water