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NSF PA/M 03-29 - May 16, 2003

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Photo 1

Principal Investigator James Morison

Principal Investigator James Morison, of the University of Washington, takes water samples from the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole. The sampling is one of several measurements taken annually as part of the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory project.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 2

a winch at NSF's North Pole Environmental Observatory

A winch at the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory is used to retrieve a mooring that has been collecting oceanographic data from the Arctic Ocean for a year.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 3

James Osse, a University of Washington field engineer

James Osse, a University of Washington field engineer, skims ice from the surface of a hole used to retrieve a deep-sea mooring at the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 4

James Morison confers with a field technician

Principal Investigator James Morison, of the University of Washington, confers with a field technician about the retrieval of a deep-sea mooring at the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 5

personnel break down the mooring camp

Personnel from the University of Washington break down the mooring camp erected as part of the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 6

materials for the mooring camp

Materials used to build the mooring camp at the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory await loading aboard a helicopter for return to the United States.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

Photo 7

an oceanographic buoy deployed by Tim Stanton

An oceanographic buoy deployed by Tim Stanton, of the Naval Postgraduate School, and others like it, will drift for a year in the Arctic Ocean, gathering data as part of the National Science Foundation's North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation

 

 

 
 
     
 

 
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