2015 R/V Norseman II

In summer 2015, I participated in two research cruises aboard the R/V Norseman II, one in the Chukchi Sea and one in the Beaufort Sea. Both were incredible experiences, even considering my first time experiencing seasickness while traveling from Nome, AK to the Chuckchi through the Bering Strait!

USGS Cruise in the Chukchi

  • R/V Norseman II
  • Testing the filter manifold
  • Bivalves!
  • Sample organization
  • Thomas’ first taco!
  • Deploying the trawl net
  • Retrieving the trawl
  • Admiring our catch
  • Sorting late into the evening
  • Sand dollars
  • Brittle stars
  • Bryozoan
  • Baby brittle stars
  • Sea star
  • Isopod
  • Sculpin
  • Bivalve
  • Serripes groenlandicus!
  • Basket star
  • Baby octopus
  • Deploying the sediment grab
  • Field Team: Janelle, Dr. Vanessa von Biela, Carrie, Thomas

ANIMIDA (Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Drilling Area) Cruise in the Beaufort Sea

  • Field Team
  • Filtering station
  • Sorting and IDing benthic critters
  • Sculpin
  • Sea cucumber dissection
  • Squid baby
  • Filter
  • Plankton samples for isotopes
  • Hermit crab
  • Can you spot the UT stucker?
  • Prudhoe Bay