Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts science missions in Beaufort Sea [Image 1 of 5]

BEAUFORT SEA

08.06.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter  

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Colin Ryan, a researcher working on the Arctic Mobile Observing System project, and Seaman Johnathan Paterson, a crew member with the icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), drill into the ice for a science instrument deployment in the Beaufort Sea, Aug. 6, 2023. Part of the science missions included the installation of two major instruments: the Waves, Weather, Ice Mass, Balance, and Ocean (WIMBO) device, a massive weather buoy destined to remain at sea; and a Dynamic Ocean Topography device, collecting sea surface data. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter)

• Date Taken: 08.06.2023
• Date Posted: 08.13.2023 18:38
• Photo ID: 7961947
• VIRIN: 230806-G-HY254-2001
• Resolution: 4830x3224
• Size: 8.16 MB
• Location: BEAUFORT SEA