Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.26.2017
A sample of zooplankton recovered from the Arctic Ocean by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Maple is stored in a temporary laboratory aboard the vessel July 26, 2017. The crew of the 225-foot buoy tender out of Sitka is working to support marine mammal research conducted by Josh Jones, a graduate student researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. (U.S. Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.26.2017
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple retrieve a sampling net in the Arctic Ocean east of Barrow, Alaska, July 26, 2017. The crew of the 225-foot buoy tender out of Sitka was on a mission to support marine mammal research conducted by Josh Jones, a graduate student researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.26.2017
Josh Jones, a graduate student researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, holds up samples of zooplankton aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple in the Arctic Ocean east of Barrow, Alaska, July 26, 2017. The crew of the 225-foot buoy tender out of Sitka is working to support Jones' marine mammal research. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.26.2017
The crews of Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier (right), and fishing vessel Frosti, a Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans-commissioned boat, lead the way through the ice approximately 125 miles east of Barrow, Alaska, July 25, 2017, in support of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple's transit through the Northwest Passage to the Atlantic Ocean. All three crews initially......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.25.2017
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple stand lookout watch in the Arctic Ocean approximately 100 miles east of Barrow, Alaska, July 25, 2017. This was the first day of the patrol the crew encountered ice. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn/Released)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.23.2017
Josh Jones, graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, performs work on a high-frequency acoustic recording package northwest of Barrow, Alaska, aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple, July 23, 2017. The Maple's crew is supporting Jones as he conducts scientific research in the Arctic Ocean, to include marine mammal data collectiion. (U.S. Coast Guard......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.23.2017
Josh Jones (right), graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, teaches Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Robert Nendza to read a conductivity temperature depth (CTD) probe aboard Cutter Maple about 90 miles northwest of Barrow, Alaska, July 23, 2017. The Coast Guard assisted Jones with using the device to measure physical attributes of the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 07.23.2017
Crew members aboard Coast Guard Cutter Maple work to retrieve a buoy about 90 miles northwest of Barrow, Alaska, July 23, 2017. Attached to the buoy is a high-frequency acoustic recording package (HARP) used to record underwater sound in a broad range of frequencies continuously, for up to a year at a time. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Littlejohn/ Released)...
