Caitllin Meadows, a member of a science party aboard
Caitllin Meadows, a member of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, sifts through a sediment sample while underway in the Arctic, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Meadows was picking through the sample, w... More
Emily Chandler, policy liaison on the Oceanographer
Emily Chandler, policy liaison on the Oceanographer of the Navy staff, participates in a yoga classSunday, Aug. 27, 2017 aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew transits to the Arctic. As someone who... More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Healy offload
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Healy offload science equipment Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, from a small boat near Nome, Alaska. The stop was to pick up the last two science members, who will be taking par... More
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, shows the course of an unmanned wind-propelled and solar-powered surfac... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy is captured from a camera
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy is captured from a camera onboard one of two unmanned seagoing vehicles during a rendezvous between the vehicles and the crew aboard the cutter in the southern Chukchi Sea, Tuesday,... More
Science party members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Science party members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy clean a bucket on the fantail of the cutter during night operations along Barrow Canyon, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. The bucket is used to retrieve sediment ... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard checks the lube oil pressure for a starting compressor, during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew is underway in the Arc... More
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff (center) writes
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff (center) writes on a damage control diagram during DC training held on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Imhoff documented sim... More
Caitllin Meadows, a member of a science party aboard
Caitllin Meadows, a member of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, sifts through a sediment sample while underway in the Arctic, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Meadows was picking through the sample, w... More
Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members, scientists and
Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members, scientists and others aboard participate in a yoga class Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, held in the hangar while the crew transits to the Arctic. Yoga classes are held at 11 a.m. ... More
Deck department members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Deck department members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy offload science equipment Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, from a small boat near Nome, Alaska. The stop was to pick up the last two science members, who will ... More
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, shows Danyelle DeMars the course of an unmanned wind-propelled and sola... More
Coast Guard Seaman Frank Lenihan, Coast Guard Seaman
Coast Guard Seaman Frank Lenihan, Coast Guard Seaman Blake Berryman and Guard Chief Petty Officer William Winegar stabilize a water-sampling device, while Winegar also directs a machinery operator, as they lowe... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard checks temperature and pressure readings of the onboard cycloconverter, during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew is und... More
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff reviews the location
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff reviews the location of an emergency stop panel during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Imhoff, wh... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Arciello,
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Arciello, a boatswain’s mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, participates in a yoga class Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, aboard the cutter during the crew's transit to t... More
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Nathan Poppink and
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Nathan Poppink and Petty Officer 1st Class David Edelson, deck department supervisors aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, review crane operations Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, after cr... More
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National
Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, shows Cmdr. Keith Ropella, executive officer of the Coast Guard Cutter ... More
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg (right) shines a light
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg (right) shines a light into a main diesel engine for Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class William Hawley as several members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy perform maintenance on an e... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard checks lube oil pressure during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew is underway in the Arctic, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Th... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Coenen
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Coenen walks Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff through how to reset the lift pumps for the main diesel engines aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway i... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Densmore,
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Densmore, a culinary specialist and galley supervisor aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, prepares dough Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, while the crew transits to the Arctic. I... More
Lee Cooper, a scientist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Lee Cooper, a scientist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as part of the second Arctic West Summer 2017 mission, informs members of the Healy crew Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, how a sediment-retrieving device works... More
Jessica Cross, Brian Hoover, Jeremy Mathis and Robert
Jessica Cross, Brian Hoover, Jeremy Mathis and Robert Pickart, members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, watch two unmanned wind-propelled and solar-powered surface vehicles Tuesday, Aug. ... More
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg (right) shines a light
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg (right) shines a light into a main diesel engine for Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class William Hawley as several members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy perform maintenance on an e... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard checks for water in a lower compartment during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew is underway in the Arctic, Saturday, S... More
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff closes a scuttle
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff closes a scuttle during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. While underway, an on-duty engineering me... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Edelson (left)
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Edelson (left) works with Lee Cooper, a member of the science team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, to confirm what depth and speed a sediment-retrieving device nee... More
The chief scientist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy
The chief scientist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy during the second Arctic Summer West 2017 mission watches two orange unmanned wind-propelled and solar-powered surface vehicles Tuesday, Aug, 29, 2017, fr... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard checks the lube oil level on a turbo during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew is underway in the Arctic, Saturday, Sept.... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephan Daniels
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephan Daniels instructs Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff on the operation of a sound-powered phone during damage control training aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy whil... More
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew members, from Coast
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew members, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, lower a fuel hose during flight operations in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The fuel hose was used as part of in-flig... More
Royhon Agostine, an intern with the Ship-based Science
Royhon Agostine, an intern with the Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, troubleshoots equipment attached to bongo nets Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, during a pr... More
A remotely operated sailing vehicle transits the southern
A remotely operated sailing vehicle transits the southern Chukchi Sea Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, following a calibration rendezvous with a crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. The vehicle collected surface wa... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard cleans explosion and cam shaft covers on a main diesel engine during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew is underway in th... More
Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic,
Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Participants were split into two groups, one in damage control central and the other on the messdeck, from where they practiced rel... More
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew members, from Coast
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew members, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, lower a fuel hose during flight operations in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The fuel hose was used as part of in-flig... More
Royhon Agostine, an intern with the Ship-based Science
Royhon Agostine, an intern with the Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, troubleshoots equipment attached to bongo nets Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, during a pr... More
Two remotely operated sailing vehicles transit the
Two remotely operated sailing vehicles transit the southern Chukchi Sea Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, following a calibration rendezvous with a crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. Calibration opportunities, whi... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard cleans explosion and cam shaft covers on a main diesel engine during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew is underway in th... More
Fireman Candida Imhoff hops down after she checked
Fireman Candida Imhoff hops down after she checked the lube oil level on a turbo during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Due to the s... More
Coast Guard members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy
Coast Guard members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy tend to a fuel hose during flight operations in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The fuel hose was used as part of helicopter in flight refueling pract... More
Jackie Grebmeier (right), co-chief scientist during
Jackie Grebmeier (right), co-chief scientist during the second Arctic West Summer mission aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, explains to members of the Healy crew how a device used to retrieve core samples of... More
Two remotely operated sailing vehicles transit the
Two remotely operated sailing vehicles transit the southern Chukchi Sea Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, following a calibration rendezvous with a crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. Calibration opportunities, whi... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard uses a flashlight to check the lube oil level of the governor during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew is underway in th... More
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff checks the lube
Coast Guard Fireman Candida Imhoff checks the lube oil level on the auxiliary diesel engine during an engineering round aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. T... More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew member, from Coast
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew member, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, stabilizes a hoist cable during flight operations in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. The cable was lowered down for Heal... More
Jackie Grebmeier (right), co-chief scientist during
Jackie Grebmeier (right), co-chief scientist during the second Arctic West Summer mission aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, explains to members of the Healy crew how a device used to retrieve core samples of... More
A remotely operated sailing vehicle transits the southern
A remotely operated sailing vehicle transits the southern Chukchi Sea Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, after a calibration rendezvous with the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy. The vehicle collected surface wate... More
Members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy watch flight operations while underway in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Flight operations took place between Healy crew members and an MH-60 ... More
Morgan Busby (left), a research fisheries biologist
Morgan Busby (left), a research fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration, and Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer William Winegar, a marine science technician aboard the Coast Gua... More
Members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy watch flight operations while underway in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Flight operations took place between Healy crew members and an MH-60 ... More
Royhon Agostine (left), an intern with the Ship-based
Royhon Agostine (left), an intern with the Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic team, and Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration, rins... More
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Nathan Poppink secures
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Nathan Poppink secures a conductivity temperature depth rosette to the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy during research operations in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The e... More
Coast Guard Seaman Frank Lenihan keeps slack out of
Coast Guard Seaman Frank Lenihan keeps slack out of a wire rope attached to a Van Veen grab sampler while Lee Cooper, a member of the science team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, steadies the device and tw... More
Coast Guard crew members watch as research equipment
Coast Guard crew members watch as research equipment is lowered in the water alongside the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while underway in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Petty Officer 1st Class Kim Nguyen (grey ... More
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Andrea Martynowski
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Andrea Martynowski covers a brief history of strides the Coast Guard has lead in regards to women’s equality during a belated Women’s Day celebration Tuesday, Aug. 29, 201... More
Coast Guard crew members retrieve a conductivity temperature
Coast Guard crew members retrieve a conductivity temperature depth rosette after it was deployed over the side of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while in the Arctic, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Of the three members in... More
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Andrea Martynowski
Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Andrea Martynowski covers a brief history of strides the Coast Guard has lead in regards to women’s equality during a belated Women’s Day celebration Tuesday, Aug. 29, 201... More
Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the
Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration, examines several plankton taken from a sample collected while aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy during res... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Bernard removes soot and buildup from a liner on one of the main diesel engines Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the southern Chukchi S... More
Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the
Morgan Busby, a research fisheries biologist with the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration, hands Royhon Agostine a collection of plankton, and other sea life, that was collected during research opera... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Ford unfurls
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Ford unfurls an electrical cord Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in preparation for vacuuming any remaining buildup from an engine during regular maintenance aboard the Coast Gu... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Ed Traver and Coast
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Ed Traver and Coast Guard Seaman Grayden Boad retrieve a bongo net tow after they had been deployed behind the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as part of research operations in the ... More
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg and Coast Guard Fireman
Midshipmen Tyler Wickesberg and Coast Guard Fireman Nichole Zepeda listen to a shipmate talking above them as they perform maintenance on one of the main diesel engines Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, onboard the Coast... More
Emily Osborne and Chelsea Wegner, members of a science
Emily Osborne and Chelsea Wegner, members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, remove core samples from a sediment-retrieving device during research support operations in the Arctic, Tuesday,... More
Coast Guard Seaman Brooke Baker-Rodriguez and several
Coast Guard Seaman Brooke Baker-Rodriguez and several crew members listen as Lt. Kevin O’brien breaks down the fire response process Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, after conducting fire training aboard the Coast Guard... More
Coast Guard crew members prepare a game on the flight
Coast Guard crew members prepare a game on the flight deck as part of a Labor Day celebration on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. Playing games of ... More
Coast Guard Seaman Honovi Trudell plays table tennis
Coast Guard Seaman Honovi Trudell plays table tennis in the hangar during a Labor Day celebration held on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. In addit... More
Coast Guard crew members play cornhole in the hangar
Coast Guard crew members play cornhole in the hangar during a Labor Day celebration on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. Not everyone was able to at... More
Royhon Agostine and Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer
Royhon Agostine and Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Robert Kopser untangle bolas from a plastic game ladder during a Labor Day celebration on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the A... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Densmore paints
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Densmore paints a flower, during a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. T... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Miguel Espinosa
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Miguel Espinosa paints, during a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. The used... More
Coast Guard Ensign Jennifer Haley laughs at her painting,
Coast Guard Ensign Jennifer Haley laughs at her painting, during a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underway in the Arctic, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Haley was ... More
Coast Guard Petty Officers 3rd Class Ashley Harshell
Coast Guard Petty Officers 3rd Class Ashley Harshell and Danielle Ray look over a collection of paintings, after they were set to dry on a stairwell during a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard C... More
A collection of paintings created by members of the
A collection of paintings created by members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew dry on a stairwell after a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy while the crew was underway in the Ar... More
Coast Guard Ensign Jennifer Haley laughs after seeing
Coast Guard Ensign Jennifer Haley laughs after seeing Coast Guard Seaman Carley Franklin paint with her hands, during a morale event held in the hangar of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, while the crew was underw... More
Two Coast Guard deck members aboard the Coast Guard
Two Coast Guard deck members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy ready a conductivity temperature depth profiler for deployment during night operations along the Barrow Canyon, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. The CTD pr... More
Emily Osborne and Chelsea Wegner, members of a science
Emily Osborne and Chelsea Wegner, members of a science party aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, remove core samples from a sediment-retrieving device during research support operations in the Arctic, Tuesday,... More
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer William Winegar observes
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer William Winegar observes data-collection equipment from the side of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the equipment is raised to the surface of the water during night operations al... More