CGC Healy West Arctic summer deployment, Mission #2 [Image 18 of 19]

CHUKCHI SEA

09.13.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Yaw 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Carrillo signals the crane operator to position the last mooring of the mission for deployment Sept. 13, 2016 on the aft deck in the Chukchi Sea. Underway for its second mission, Cutter Healy embarked a team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego, and the Office of Naval Research who are deploying an array of acoustic bottom moorings to collect data on how climate change and decreased ice coverage is affecting the Arctic Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo

• Date Taken: 09.13.2016
• Date Posted: 10.05.2016 09:51
• Photo ID: 2856660
• VIRIN: 160913-G-VH840-338
• Resolution: 2248x1500
• Size: 2.27 MB
• Location: CHUKCHI SEA