Royhon Agostine (left), an intern with the Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic team, and Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration, rinse off bongo plankton nets on the fantail of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, while conducting research in the southern Chukchi Sea.
The bongo nets were deployed along distributed biological observatory region three, which is one of eight regional hotspots that exhibit high productivity, biodiversity and overall rates of change.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross