NSF PA/M 03-29 - May 16, 2003
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Photo 1
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 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, 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
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 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 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, 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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