Netting the Plankton Amanda Kowalski May 28, 2014 Photography 2 Comments The LOKI net is one of the tools the team are using to understand the biology of the Chukchi Sea. The net funnels plankton past a camera as it is drawn upwards through the water. The weave is so fine on the...
A Feast under the Ice Amanda Kowalski May 23, 2014 Multimedia 2 Comments Breaking through the ice, the Healy churns up a lot of chunks, most of which have a brown film on their underside. This is under-ice algae, a thin film of plant life that clings to the bottom of the ice and...
Travel to the Healy Amanda Kowalski May 16, 2014 Multimedia Astrid Pacini is a undergraduate student at Yale University. The Arctic Spring Expedition aboard the Healy will be her first time to sea, but before she can set sail she has to fly from Boston to Dutch Harbor...
The Healy Amanda Kowalski May 4, 2014 Photography 4 Comments The Healy will be our home for the next 6 weeks at sea. Read more about...
Exploring the ice Amanda Kowalski April 28, 2014 Photography 2 Comments We will be stopping off on the sea ice, taking measurements on the surface and drilling through to explore the conditions below the...
