Photo & Video Log

Summary
View a visual collection of images from the The Hidden Ocean, Arctic 2005 Exploration. (HR)

July 25
A slideshow of a few of the thousands of incredible images, displaying the diversity of life that exists in the remote Arctic Ocean. (HR)

July 24
Slideshow of under-ice images taken on Arctic 2005 Exploration. (HR)

July 23
The Global Explorer ROV operates on the edge of its abilities as the ROV pilot maneuvers in an attempt to capture a finned octopus. (Quicktime, 1.0 Mb.)

July 22
Scenes of Hidden Ocean scientists going to work on the ice during an unusually beautiful night on July 22nd. (Quicktime, 1.3 Mb.)

July 11
Experience what it is like to be an Ice diver studying the marine life living on the underside of ice floes. (QuickTime, 872Kb)

July 6
View a video of a BoreoAtlantic Armhook Squid, Gonatus fabricii. (QuickTime, 500Kb)

June 27
US Coast Guard Helicopter flies four members of the science team to the USCGC Healy. (Quicktime, 1.0 Mb.)

Mission Summary
Bathymetric map showing the station locations and cruise track of the USCGC Healy during the Hidden Ocean expedition. (HR)

Mission Summary
The Global Explorer remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is equipped with 3 standard and 1 high definition camera.

Mission Summary
The science team and Healy crewmembers pose for a group picture on the Healy's helo deck. (HR)

Mission Summary
The US Coast Guard Cutter Healy greatly contributed to making the day to day operations of the Hidden Ocean expedition a success. (HR)

July 25
Clione, a shell-less snail known as the sea-butterfly. (HR)

July 25
Kevin Raskoff shoots images of Arctic zooplankton in an aquarium in the Healy’s cold room.

July 25
Russ Hopcroft photographs microscopic creatures collected through his microscope.

July 24
Ice diving on this cruise is different from other types of diving. (HR)

July 24
An ice diver takes a picture of the view looking up at the surface through their dive entry hole with an underwater camera. (HR)

July 24
Ice Divers Katrin Iken and Elizabeth Calvert are about to descend through a small hole in the ice. (HR)

July 24
Ice diver Elizabeth Calvert gets creative making a birthday card she can digitally send.

July 23
Global Explorer ROV returns from a dive deep below the Arctic ice. (HR)

July 23
ROV pilot, Joe Caba, remotely operates the ROV from the ROV control room on board the ship.

July 23
The ROVs suction device is on as it makes an approach to capture. (HR)

July 23
The octopus is captured using the suction device. (HR)

July 22
Rolf Gradinger is silhouetted by the Arctic sun while collecting one of the last ice cores of the cruise. (HR)

July 22
Scientists gather samples from a sea ice melt pond in the middle of the Arctic night. (HR)

July 22
Sometimes you just have to take a few moments to enjoy and fully appreciate your surroundings. (HR)

July 22
Sue Moore listening intently to real-time sounds captured by an underwater hydrophone. (HR)

July 22
The midnight sun casts spectacular shadows on the HEALY's hull during personnel and equipment retrieval. (HR)

July 21
Mette Nielson lowers a baited amphipod trap into Arctic waters. (HR)

July 21
Mette Nielson measures the temperature of a recently-drilled ice core.

July 21
Mette Nielson and Rolf Gradinger work on ice cores in the Arctic. (HR)

July 20
A multibeam map of the seafloor shows deep depressions, or pockmarks, in dark blue.

July 20
The Photographic Platform was one of three tools send down to explore the pockmarks on the ocean floor.

July 20
An image of the deep seafloor at a pockmark site.

July 20
Anemones and sea cucumbers were observed at the pockmark site. (HR)

July 19
Aulococtena is the size and color of an orange and has two tentacles that are white, thick, unbranched and very sticky. (HR)

July 19
The ctenophore, Beroe cucumis, is specialized to eat other ctenophores.

July 19
A "live net" is deployed in Arctic waters.

July 19
Calanus hyperboereus (up to 7mm in length) is a preferred food of both ctenophores and Bowhead whales.

July 17
Healy breaks ice by forcing the ice down under its sloping bow. (HR)

July 17
Two of Healys four engines as viewed through the control room.

July 13
US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY operates with a compliment of two Coast Guard HH-65B Dolphin Helicopters. (HR)

July 13
Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) entails flying cargo nets full of equipment suspended below the helicopter.

July 13
All personnel and scientific equipment for the cruise are brought aboard exclusively by helicopter. (HR)

July 13
The helicopters will refuel on board the ship without shutting down the engines.

July 11
Ice divers use a quadrat to study the density of creatures living on the underside of ice floes. (HR)

July 10
The fresh fallen snow accumulates in bands on the open water. (HR)

July 10
Some of the puddles are melted through the entire ice floe thickness and are used by our divers. (HR)

July 10
Ice floes turned around by the moving icebreaker frequently show a rotten appearance. (HR)

July 8
The North Slope Borough Department of Search and Rescue (NBSAR) helicopter approaches the HEALY over ice-covered waters. (HR)

July 8
The Bell 412 NSBSAR helicopter has arrived! (HR)

July 8
Dale Chayes and Chief Scientist Rolf Gradinger offer a warm welcome to NSBSAR pilots

July 8
With the aid of Dale Chayes and Eben Franks, ROV operator, Jerry Caba, repairs the fiber optic rotary joint.

July 7
The Beam Trawl is back on board with a muddy load! (HR)

July 7
Scientist Bodil Bluhm looks at the benthic treasures brought up by the beam trawl under a microscope. (HR)

July 7
The photo platform is deployed over icy waters. (HR)

July 6
A BoreoAtlantic Armhook Squid, Gonatus fabricii. (HR)

July 6
A close-up of BoreoAtlantic Armhook Squid, Gonatus fabricii. (HR)

July 6
The finned (or cirrate) octopod Cirroteuthis muelleri. (HR)

July 5
The new jellyfish is in the order Narcomedusae.

July 5
Enlarging the specimen onto a screen provides scientists a clearer view to study their subjects.

July 5
The chemicals on the paper dehydrate the organism and make DNA analysis easier.

July 4
Dale re-engineers an electrical circuit on the camera sled.

July 4
An operational multi-net used to collect zooplankton samples from different depths in the water column. (HR)

July 4
Multibeam image displaying sonar data collected by Healy's data acquisition system.

July 2
Kevin Raskoff and Joe Caba remotely fly the ROV from the control room.

June 30
The ROV is deployed off the back of the boat using the Healy's A-Frame. (HR)

June 30
A Healy technician does a final check of the ROV's systems before deployment.

June 30
A view of the ROV as it descends under icy Arctic waters. (HR)

June 30
Chris Nicholson repairs a leak in the High Definition camera housing by re-sealing the dome.

June 29
Scientist lower containers through a hole in the ice to collect water samples from different depths. (HR)

June 29
A water sample taken from under the ice is poured into a filter unit.

June 29
Research technician, Sarah Thornton, places a new filter on a filter unit.

June 29
A used filter containing phytoplankton is rolled up and placed in a small, glass vial for additional testing.

June 28
Ice Divers enter the water while a Coast Guard Petty Officer tends the line and a safety diver stands by.

June 28
The CTD cast and rosette full of water sampling containers are lowered into the icy waters below. (HR)

June 28
Members of the Sea-Ice team work together to drill a hole in the ice.

June 28
Scientist Brenda Holladay takes a close look at benthic organisms in a sieve.

June 27
Members of the Healy crew and aviation division work together to secure equipment for the airlift.

June 27
A US Coast Guard helicopter fly's the equipment and scientists to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. (HR)

June 27
USCGC Healy cuts through young Arctic ice during the first day the cruise is underway. (HR)

June 27
Kelley Elliott, web coordinator for the Hidden Ocean expedition, practices emergency safety procedures