This page contains photos and videos from the Arctic Exploration cruise conducted between August 15 - September 8, 2002. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a picture of a movie camera is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages.

(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.

Summary Multinational cooperation.
Summary The Louis St. Laurent.		Summary Arctic Expedition map.		Summary Preparing for a dive.		Summary Lowering sampling equipment.
Summary Removing an ice core.		Summary Copepod with eggs.		Summary The amphipod, Gammarus wilkitzkii.		Summary Invertebrate slideshow.
Summary Jellyfish encounter.		Summary Close-up of egg sac.		Summary Eukrohnia hamata with egg sac.		Summary Amalgam of amphipods.
Summary A pelagic pteropod.		Summary A juvenile Bolinopsis ctenophore.		Summary Botrynema ellinorae.		Summary The hydomedusae Aglantha digitale.
Summary Searching for gelatinous organisms.		Summary Invertebrate slideshow.		Summary Fish slideshow.		Summary Fish otoliths.
Summary Sieving through the mud.		Summary Checking out the box core.		Summary Vials of microbiological samples.		Summary Pressure housings.
Summary Dave Allen examines microbiological samples.		Summary Preparing for mooring deployment.		Summary Doug Sieberg calibrates an instrument.		Summary Salinity and potential temperature profile.
Summary Map of the Louis’ track and CTD casts.		Summary Dave Huntley guides the CTD rosette.		September 6 Elephant Island.		September 6 The Icebreaker Polarstern.
September 6 Tabular icebergs. (HR)		September 5 A pink fish.		September 5 Lebensspuren and an eel pout.		September 5 Labeled diagram of the Global Explorer ROV.
September 5 Watching video from the ROV.		September 3 Under-ice dives.		September 3 Fish and amphipod trap deployment.		September 3 Bottom of an ice floe.
September 3 Bottom of ice floe.		September 3 Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida.		September 1 Processing the field samples.		September 1 Measuring primary production.
September 1 Terry Whitledge lowers a sampler.		September 1 Drilling through the pack ice.		August 31 The ctenophore Mertensia ovum.		August 31 The midwater hydromedusae Atolla tenella.
August 31 A midwater amphipod species.		August 31 The scyphomedusae Chrysaora melanaster.		August 30 Divers under the ice.		August 30 Dive station.
August 30 Diving Supervisor, Jeremy Stewart. (HR)		August 30 Underwater ice morphology.		August 30 Two divers under the ice.		August 26 Ice morphology.
August 26 Organisms that live in the ice.		August 26 Gammarus wilkitzkii, a n under-ice amphipod. (HR)		August 26 Ice diver.		August 26 A channel of water between ice keels. (HR)
August 25 Polar bears.		August 25 Mother polar bear and cubs.		August 24 Preparing to collect samples. (HR)		August 24 Preparing the Global Explorer for its first dive.
August 24 2002 Arctic Exploration cruise track.		August 24 Ice formation.		August 22 S1st launch of ROV Global Explorer.		August 22 ROV sampling and a jellyfish swim.
August 22 Sea ice divers. (HR)		August 22 Midwater shrimp, Hymendora glacialis.		August 22 Chrysaora jelly.		August 21 Mooring instument awaiting deployment.
August 21 Preparing the mooring line.		August 21 Lowering the mooring instruments.		August 21 Feeding the mooring line over the winch.		August 19 Preparing to explore.
August 19 Preparing to an drill an ice core. (HR)		August 19 Offloading onto the pack ice. (HR)		August 19 Drinking from a melt pond. (HR)		August 17 Polycheate worm. (HR)
August 17 Tiny brittlestars. (HR)		August 17 Searching for hidden animals.		August 17 Processing a box core sample.		August 15 Offloading the science party.
August 15 Arctic sunrise.		August 15 View from the helicopter cockpit.		August 15 Stern-view of the Louis St. Laurent.		August 14 Helicopter landing.
August 14 Airport nap.		August 14 The Louis at sunset.		August 14 Airplane on tarmack.		August 14 Transfering to the Louis.

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