Coast Guard conducts Arctic Domain Awareness flight [Image 7 of 16]

AK, UNITED STATES

07.16.2013

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Muir                  

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Axel Schweiger, principal scientist and chair at the University of Washington's Polar Science Center, prepares a Dropsonde sensor to be deployed from a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane while and Roger Andersen, senior mathematician at the University of Washington's Polar Science Center, calibrates the receiving equipment above the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The polar science team has been working with Air Station Kodiak to collect data on the Arctic since 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Mooers)

• Date Taken: 07.16.2013
• Date Posted: 07.17.2013 13:18
• Photo ID: 973513
• VIRIN: 130716-G-IA651-291
• Resolution: 5330x2997
• Size: 2.72 MB
• Location: AK, US