Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2012

Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2012

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This page contains photos associated with the Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2012 expedition. Click on any image or video to view a larger version and for additional information.

A beam trawl in the water, collecting samples of marine life for scientists to sort through.

A beam trawl in the water, collecting samples of marine life for scientists to sort through.

Scientists sort through samples collected using the trawl.

Scientists sort through samples collected using the trawl.

Buccinum polare, a species of sea snail, collected during the 2012 RUSALCA expedition.

Buccinum polare, a species of sea snail, collected during the 2012 RUSALCA expedition.

Neoiphinoe coronata, also known as the crowned hairy snail, collected during a trawl.

Crowned Hairy Snail

Neoiphinoe coronata, also known as the crowned hairy snail, collected during a trawl.

Arctic sea stars, Ctenodiscus crispatus, collected during a trawl, artfully arranged.

Arctic Sea Stars

Arctic sea stars, Ctenodiscus crispatus, collected during a trawl, artfully arranged.

The longfinger hermit, or Pagurus rathbuni.

Longfinger Hermit

The "longfinger hermit," or Pagurus rathbuni.

Bear tracks in the snow on an ice floe.

Bear tracks in the snow on an ice floe.

The Russian research vessel Professor Khromov flies through glassy seas.

The Russian research vessel Khromov flies through glassy seas.

An ivory gull.

A lone walrus breaks through new ice.

A lone walrus breaks through new ice.

Marshall Swartz monitors data from the CTD device.

Marshall Swartz

Marshall Swartz monitors data from the CTD device.

Broken pack ice.

Snow on the deck of the Khromov.

New sea ice fingers.

September 15 Log

New sea ice fingers.

Scientists gather on the deck of the Khromov on the lookout for polar bears.

Scientists gather on the deck of theKhromov on the lookout for polar bears.

This is not a plate of cookies...

This is not a plate of cookies...

Broken pack ice.

Broken pack ice.

Father and baby murre.

Father and baby murre.

Katrin Iken and Lauren Bell preparing to sort trawl samples.

Katrin Iken and Lauren Bell preparing to sort trawl samples.

A view of Herald Island.

A view of Herald Island.

Kitti wake fishing behind the Khromov.

Kitti wake fishing behind theKhromov.

Brenda Holladay covered in mud.

Brenda Holladay

Brenda Holladay covered in mud.

Mike Kong processing water samples.

Mike Kong processing water samples.

Wrangel Island in the early morning.

Wrangel Island in the early morning.

The first polar bear of the cruise.

The first polar bear of the cruise.

A distant bearded seal on an ice floe near Herald Island.

A distant bearded seal on an ice floe near Herald Island.

A young ringed seal on a very small floe.

A young ringed seal on a very small floe.

This is how we usually see marine mammals up here – two walrus obscured by fog.

This is how we usually see marine mammals up here – two walrus obscured by fog.

Jackie Grebmeier and Betty Carvellas with sediment samples.

Sediment Samples

Jackie Grebmeier and Betty Carvellas with sediment samples.

Jackie Grebmeier on deck.

Jackie Grebmeier

Jackie Grebmeier on deck.

Bodhil Blum scoops a bit of sediment from a grab sample.

Bodhil Blum scoops a bit of sediment from a grab sample.

Monica Kedra with a freshly collected sipunculid.

Monica Kedra with a freshly collected sipunculid.

Masha's polar bear on an ice floe with its dinner.

Masha's polar bear on an ice floe with its dinner.

Rinsing of a newly collected zooplankton sample.

Rinsing of a newly collected zooplankton sample.

The butterfly net for zooplankton being deployed over the side of the Khromov.

The butterfly net for zooplankton being deployed over the side of the Khromov.

Liza Ershova selecting individual copepods.

Liza Ershova selecting individual copepods.

Ksenia Kosobokova looking for gravid female copepods for egg production experiments.

Egg Production Experiments

Ksenia Kosobokova looking for gravid female copepods for egg production experiments.

The copepod, Calanus glacialis.

The copepod, Calanus glacialis.

Ingredients for bouillabaisse or a trawl sample?

Ingredients for bouillabaisse or a trawl sample?

Snow on the deck near Wrangel Island.

Near Wrangel Island

Snow on the deck near Wrangel Island.

Preparing to deploy a fishing net.

Preparing to deploy a fishing net.

This map from September 3 shows the weather patterns that plague the scientists on the second leg of this cruise.

Weather Patterns

This map from September 3 shows the weather patterns that plague the scientists on the second leg of this cruise.

Treasure trawled up from the seafloor during the second leg of the RUSALCA 2012 expedition.

Trawled Treasure

Treasure trawled up from the seafloor during the second leg of the RUSALCA 2012 expedition.

Jeff DiPietro waits to hook a mooring

Trawl samples are divided by taxonomy.

Lauren Bell and Bodil Bluhm sifting through a sediment grab.

Lauren Bell and Bodil Bluhm sifting through a sediment grab.

Monica Kedra and Lauren Bell working with trawl samples in the lab.

Monica Kedra and Lauren Bell

Monica Kedra and Lauren Bell working with trawl samples in the lab.

The zodiac trails the Khromov.

The Zodiac trails the Khromov.

Jeff DiPietro waits to hook a mooring

Jeff DiPietro waits to hook a mooring.

A barnacle-covered mooring on deck

Barnacle-covered

A barnacle-covered mooring on deck.

The RUSALCA Wranglers mooring recovery team

RUSALCA Wranglers

The "RUSALCA Wranglers" mooring recovery team

CTD Rosette

CTD rosette being deployed off the back deck.

Stormy seas through a rain-soaked window on the bridge.

Stormy seas through a rain-soaked window on the bridge.

Andrés López and Brenda Holladay sorting fish.

Andrés López and Brenda Holladay sorting fish.

A shot of Anadyr, a port town in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

A shot of Anadyr, a port town in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Located at the mouth of the Anadyr River, Anadyr is the easternmost town in Russia..

Cathedral in Anadyr, Russia.

Cathedral in Anadyr, Russia.

The coast of Chukotka, located in the most northeastern region of Russia, along the Bering Strait.

The coast of Chukotka, located in the most northeastern region of Russia, along the Bering Strait.

View of the coast of Chukotka, Russia.

View of the coast of Chukotka, Russia.

Customs and immigration officials inspect the the Russian research vessel Professor Khromov.

Customs and immigration officials inspect the the Russian research vessel Professor Khromov.

View of Provideniya, Russia, a city in the Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

View of Provideniya, Russia, a city in the Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on Komsomolskaya Bay, across the Bering Strait from Alaska.

An octopus caught in a benthic trawl.

An octopus caught in a benthic trawl.

Small Arctic cod are one of the more abundant fish species caught on the Arctic shelf.

Small Arctic cod are one of the more abundant fish species caught on the Arctic shelf.

Beam trawl to capture fish and benthic invertebrates is brought on board of the research vessel.

Beam trawl to capture fish and benthic invertebrates is brought on board of the research vessel.

Amphipods can be common within the Arctic zooplankton community.

Amphipods can be common within the Arctic zooplankton community.

Copepods are the most numerous and arguably the ecologically most important members of the Arctic zooplankton.

Copepods are the most numerous and ecologically important members of the Arctic zooplankton.

Basket stars as part of a benthic trawl catch.

Basket stars as part of a benthic trawl catch.

Crabs and brittle stars are common members of the benthic community in the Arctic.

Crabs and Brittle Stars

Crabs and brittle stars are common members of the benthic community in the Arctic.

Large jelly fish in the Arctic Ocean.

Large jelly fish in the Arctic Ocean.

Walrus spotted during the 2010 Russian-U.S. Arctic Census expedition.

Walrus spotted during the 2010 Russian-U.S. Arctic Census expedition.

Polar bears crossing the Arctic ice.

Polar bears crossing the Arctic ice.

The tail of a bowhead whale breaks the surface.

The tail of a bowhead whale breaks the surface.

A pod of orca, or killer whales observed during the 2012 RUSALCA expedition.

A pod of orca, or killer whales observed during the 2012 RUSALCA expedition.

Atlantic hookear sculpin (Artediellus atlanticus), unknown in the seas off eastern Siberia and western North America until found in the Chukchi Borderland, RUSALCA 2009.

Hookear Sculpin

Atlantic hookear sculpin (Artediellus atlanticus).

Festive snailfish.

Festive snailfish.

Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus), the first record from the East Siberian Sea, RUSALCA 2009.

Bering Flounder

Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus).

Adolf’s eelpout (Lycodes adolfi), unknown in the western Arctic until found in the Chukchi Borderland, RUSALCA 2009.

Adolf’s Eelpout

Adolf’s eelpout (Lycodes adolfi).