Arctic Ocean

ARCTIC OCEAN - A polar bear as seen from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2009. The Polar Sea transported different groups of scientists through the Arctic Ocean in More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A polar bear seen from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2009. The Polar Sea transported different groups of scientists through the Arctic Ocean in sup More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A polar bear seen from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2009. The Polar Sea transported different groups of scientists through the Arctic Ocean in sup More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A polar bear seen from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea, homeported in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2009.The Polar Sea transported different groups of scientists through the Arctic Ocean in supp More

In the summer, during Arctic West exercises, the Coast Guard transports scientists to the Arctic Ocean where they study the atmospheric and ecological conditions of the polar ice cap. Here, three scientists pla More

Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara (left) watches as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice along with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent approximately 560 nautical miles North of Barrow, Alaska, duri More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) The crew of the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) observe members of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station clear ice from the submarine's hatch after it s More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus receives a tour of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station before boarding the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) Hector Castillo watches daily operations while communicating with the command hut at the Applied Physics Lab Ice Station as the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 2 More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus debarks a helicopter while touring the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station during ICEX 2011. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 19, 2011) Sailors and members of the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station clear ice from the hatch of the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) as it surfaces above the ice durin More

ARCTIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 3rd Class Leanne Ballard, an avionics electrical technician with Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, learns how to use onboard imaging equipment to take photos of the Arctic ice conditi More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A Kodiak-based Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts an over flight of the Arctic ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean six miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 22, 2011. The aircrew was More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A Coast Guard Air Station HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts an overflight of the Arctic Ocean to assess ice conditions six miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska during the first Arctic Domain Awarene More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 26, 2011) CNN correspondent Kaj Larsen films a documentary segment in front of the sail of the attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) after the submarine surfaced through the ice in the Ar More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 26, 2011) The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) surfaces through the ice in the Arctic Ocean during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2011. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early) File# 110 More

The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut surfaces through the ice in the Arctic Ocean during Ice Exercise 2011.

WASHINGTON (Apr. 27, 2011) Rear Adm. David Titley, director of the U.S. Navy Task Force Climate Change (TFCC), discusses the rapid change of climate in the Arctic Ocean and its possible impacts on the Navy. TFC More

ARCTIC OCEAN - The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew navigates through the ice near the North Pole to retrieved canisters that were airdropped from an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircrew Sept. More

ARCTIC OCEAN - The Seattle-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, left, and the Canadian coast guard ship Louis St. Laurent, from St. John's, New Foundland, steam through the ice near the North Pole to get into p More

ARCTIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Morrison watches as a canister glides down to the ice near the North Pole from an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane to be retrieved by the crews of the U.S More

ARCTIC OCEAN - Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Smith, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Morrison, both HC-130 Hercules airplane crewmen with Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, prepare a canister with equipmen More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts an overflight of a Russian research ice camp and the Russian icebreaker Rossiya 400 miles from the North Pole Sept. 24, 2011. The More

ARCTIC OCEAN - A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts an overflight of a Russian research ice camp and the Russian icebreaker Rossiya more than 850 miles north of Barrow Sept. 24, 201 More

ARCTIC OCEAN - The Russian icebreaker Rossiya crew stands by near a Russian research ice camp in the Arctic Ocean 400 miles from the North Pole Sept. 24, 2011. The Rossiya crew was in the Arctic Ocean to evacua More

U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the buoy tender USCGC Sycamore (WLB 209) help steady an oil skimmer as a crane begins to lift it from the ship's deck to place it in the water Aug. 2, 2012, in the Arctic Ocean near More

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Lazenberry monitors the flight deck of maritime security cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) in the Arctic Ocean Aug. 22, 2012, as part of Operation Arctic Shie More

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Barry Miles, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter pilot assigned to USCG Air Station Los Angeles and embarked aboard maritime security cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) lands on the ship's deck More

5000 years of accumulated beach ridges show up well as concentric curved lines in the light of the summer sun. Arctic Ocean is on the left, Krusenstern Lagoon on the right. Low angle sunlight makes numerous wet More

ICE CAMP NAUTILUS (Mar. 18, 2013) Sailors and civilians arrive at Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. Navy exercise highl More

ICE CAMP NAUTILUS (Mar. 18, 2013) A break in the ice develops at Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean, during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. Navy exercise highl More

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star completes ice drills in the Arctic July 3, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel French)

Seaman Alex Cason, a deckhand aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, tends to an unmanned underwater vehicle during an exercise walk-through in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 9, 2013. The UUV, operated by the Woods Hole More

GROTON, Conn. (Feb. 28, 2014) The Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779) departs Naval Submarine Base New London for Ice Exercise 2014 (ICEX-2014) in the Arctic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 18, 2014) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767) surfaces at Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean, during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. IC More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 18, 2014) Members of the Arctic Submarine Lab attend a briefing at Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean,during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. More

ICE CAMP NAUTILUS (Mar. 18, 2014) Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean, during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. Navy exercise highlighting submarine capabilities More

ICE CAMP NAUTILUS (Mar. 20, 2014) The view at sunset of Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean, during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. Navy exercise highlighting s More

ICE CAMP NAUTILUS (Mar. 20, 2014) The view at sunset of Ice Camp Nautilus, located on a sheet of ice adrift on the Arctic Ocean, during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2014. ICEX 2014 is a U.S. Navy exercise highlighting s More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Sep. 24, 2014) Crew members aboard a Coast Guard C-130 launch expendable ocean-current probes while on a flight over the Arctic Ocean during an Office of Naval Research-sponsored study of changing More

150730-N-ZZ999-005 NORTH POLE (July 30, 2015) Sailors aboard the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) inspect the vessel after surfacing through the arctic ice July 30, 2015. Seawolf, homeported in Bangor More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) The fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) surfaces through Arctic ice at the North Pole. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. Navy photo) File# 150730-N-ZZ999-004

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) Sailors aboard the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) remove arctic ice from the hull after surfacing at the North Pole. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. N More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) Sailors aboard the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) inspect the boat after surfacing through Arctic ice. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. Navy photo) Fil More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) The fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) surfaces through Arctic ice at the North Pole. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. Navy photo) File# 150730-N-ZZ999-003

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) The fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) surfaces through Arctic ice at the North Pole. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. Navy photo) File# 150730-N-ZZ999-001

ARCTIC OCEAN (Jul. 30, 2015) Sailors aboard the fast attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) remove Arctic ice from the hull after surfacing at the North Pole. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations. (U.S. N More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy is at dock in Dutch Harbor, Alaska Aug. 5, 2015, preparing to get underway for the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, and is an international More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crewmembers load stores Aug. 8, 2015, in preparation for the Geotraces mission to the Arctic. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, and is an international effort More

Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy help test a device designed to extract water samples and perform a variety of scientific tests in the Arctic Ocean Aug. 8, 2015, prior to getting underway for the Geo More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy and retrieve their small boat while departing Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2015, in support of the Goetraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of More

Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy work to retrieve a CTD rosette, a device designed to collect water samples and measure characteristics such as pressure, conductivity, and temperature, while underwa More

Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy conduct a damage control drill Aug. 11, 2015, while underway in support of the Geotraces expedition. Geotraces is an international effort to study the distribution o More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy cruises under cloudy skies in the Bering Sea Aug. 12, 2015, in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, and is an international effo More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy a small boat to enable scientists to gather seawater samples in the Bering Sea, Aug. 14, 2015, in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second scien More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy transits through the Bering Strait Aug. 15, 2015, in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, and is an international effort to stud More

Fireman Lauren Anderson operates a sound-powered phone during damage control training Aug. 17, 2015 aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of Geotraces. Geotraces is Heal More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy and recover a rosette designed to gather seawater samples in the Arctic Ocean Aug. 18, 2015, in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second scienc More

Chief Petty Officer Erin Hunter, an independent-duty health services technician aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, has her portrait taken in the cutter's sick bay Aug. 19, 2015, while underway in support of the G More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy a small boat to enable scientists to gather seawater samples in the Arctic Ocean Aug. 19, 2015, in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second scie More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crewmembers conduct engine maintenance Aug. 20, 2015, while underway in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, and is an internatio More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Stevenson, a damage controlman aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, welds pipe sections together in the damage controlman shop Aug. 21, 2015, while underway in support of the Geotraces More

Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Lasley and Lt. Cmdr. Eileen Beck operate Coast Guard Cutter Healy from aloft con Aug. 22, 2015, while underway in support of the Geotraces mission. Geotraces is Healy's secon More

An icebow, an optical phenomenon caused by sunight interacting with suspended ice crystals in the atmosphere, forms off Coast Guard Cutter Healy's bow Aug. 23, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean in suppor More

A polar bear is observed off Coast Guard Cutter Healy's stern, Aug. 23, 2015, while the cutter is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of Geotraces. Geotraces is Healy's second science mission of the summer, More

Dr. Greg Cutter, professor of oceanography at Old Dominion University, prepares to deploy a rosette water sampler from Coast Guard Cutter Healy Aug. 27, 2015. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of More

Dr. Phoebe Lam, a researcher at the University of California Santa Cruz, oversees the deployment of oceanographic pumps Sept. 1, 2015, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in s More

Sea ice stretches to the horizon off Coast Guard Cutter Healy's port side Sept. 2, 2015. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded Arctic GEOTRACES, part of an i More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Gomes, a boatswain's mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy and Rob Rember, a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, are lowered onto a large ice floe by crane to collect ic More

Chief Petty Officers Erin Hunter, John Lobherr and Megan Hart gather on Coast Guard Cutter Healy's fantail for a Chiefs Call to Indoctrination event Sept. 3, 2015. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in suppo More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy gather samples and conduct experiments on ice floes Sept. 3, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Dan Gomes, a boatswain's mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, conducts ice rescue training with crew members Sept. 3, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of Geotraces. H More

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy and the Geotraces science team have their portrait taken at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015. Healy reached the pole on Sept. 5, becoming the first U.S. surface vessel to d More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members and scientists deploy decorated styrofoam cups deep into the ocean with a rosette water sampler at the North Pole Sept. 6, 2015. The pressure of the deep ocean shrinks the More

Chief Petty Officers Erin Hunter, John Lobherr, and Megan Hart are joined by Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Chiefs Mess and Wardroom for a pinning ceremony at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015, marking the culmination o More

Chief Petty Officers Erin Hunter, John Lobherr, and Megan Hart are joined by Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Chiefs Mess and Wardroom for a pinning ceremony at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015, marking the culmination o More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy Chiefs Mess members pose for a group photo at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members demonstrate ice rescue and survival techniques at the North Pole Sept. 7, 2015. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded More

Tim Kenna, a researcher at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, prepares to be lowered onto an ice floe by crane to collect ice samples Sept. 8, 2015, in the Arctic Ocean. Kenna is underway o More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Ford, a machinery technician aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, displays his hands after troubleshooting one of the cutter's four main engines Sept. 10, 2015. Healy is underway in th More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy collect ice cores and other data on an ice floe Sept. 11, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Sc More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy collect ice cores and other data on an ice floe Sept. 11, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Sc More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy collect ice cores and other data on an ice floe Sept. 11, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Sc More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy gather samples and data on an ice floe Sept. 14, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Fou More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy motors through the Arctic Ocean Sept. 16, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)

A polar bear is observed off Coast Guard Cutter Healy's port side Sept. 17, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded A More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle Ray, a machinery technician aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, troubleshoots the ship's fresh water system Sept. 19, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members use spotlights while navigating through ice Sept. 20, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. The lights aid in seeing pressure ridges and other obstacles. Healy is under More

Scientists aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy conduct pumping operations from the cutter's fantail Sept. 20, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. The oceanographic pumps cycle seawater through a series of fil More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members conduct work on one of the cutter's main engines' pistons Sept. 22, 2015, while underway in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the Nation More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Sep. 26, 2015) Dr. Axel Schweiger, from the University of Washington, prepares a Dropsonde sensor while on a flight over the Arctic Ocean during an Office of Naval Research-sponsored study of sea More

ARCTIC OCEAN (Sep. 26, 2015) Dr. James Morison, from the University of Washington, discusses operations with Dr. Ron Lindsay during a flight over the Arctic Ocean during an Office of Naval Research-sponsored st More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy a small boat Sept. 26, 2015, to enable scientists to collect water samples. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funde More

Cmdr. William Woityra, operations officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Healy, teaches an oceanography class to crew members Sept. 30, 2015, in the cutter's wardroom. The class is being taught to crew members for c More

Aurora borealis is observed from Coast Guard Cutter Healy Oct. 2, 2015, while conducting science operations in the Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundati More

Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, conducts science operations the southern Arctic Ocean, Oct. 4, 2015, after becoming the first U.S. surface vessel to reach the North Pole u More

Two of Coast Guard Cutter Healy's four main engines can be seen here Oct. 5, 2015. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded Arctic GEOTRACES, part of an interna More

Aurora borealis is observed from Coast Guard Cutter Healy Oct. 4, 2015, while conducting science operations in the southern Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science More

An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in Kodiak, Alaska lands on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Healy, Oct. 7, 2015, while underway in the southern Arctic Ocean. Healy is More

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