Video shot and produced by Amanda Kowalski with music by David...

Though leaving the Arctic Circle was bittersweet, it was stunning to see sunset over open water. It will be hard to say goodbye to...

A rare sunny day during the Arctic...

The CTD (standing for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) is a vital tool for oceanographers. It measures the temperature and salinity of the water as it is lowered from the surface to the sea floor. By repeating...

WHOI scientist Carin Ashjian is hard at work studying zooplankton populations as an indicator of water currents and plant distribution in the Chukchi Sea. Carin uses an instrument called a bongo paired...

The Van Veen Grab is an instrument used to collect sediment from the ocean floor. It's a clamshell bucket made of stainless steel that's lowered from the Healy's fantail using a winch. Biologist, Tanja...

Though several coast guard members have undergone ice rescuer training in the lower forty-eight, this was the first time any of them had experienced ice training in the Arctic. The air temperature hovered...

A few days ago the Healy's coast guard members conducted a promotion ceremony on the ice. One of the coast guard personnel to advance was Mr. Yancy Plascencia. On June first Mr. Plascencia was promoted from...

Science on Ice:  Some people are drilling holes in the ice to learn what's going on beneath it, others taking ice core samples to learn what's in it, still others netting plankton from the seawater.  This is...

After a late night editing session I headed outside to discover the sun low in the sky. It was a cloudless evening with warm light reflecting off blue ice and white snow, a photographer's...