We reached the northern most point on our journey, 80N and 155W. Here we were in continuous ice, though only about 2/10 of the ice had survived this summer. We were able to get off the ship and sample some of the multi-year ice, as WHOI were recovering and deploying an ice tethered profiler.
~Jenny Hutchings
The pictures are of
1) the ice floe we worked on, taken from the helicopter as we approached the site
2) Alice Orlich and Christina Brown running the corer
3) The WHOI group (led by Rick Krishfield, who is holding the cable) and helicopter pilot recovering an ice tethered pofiler.
