SBI Ice Breaker cruise on the CGC Healy in May/June 2004
(more pictures and info can be found here)

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ice bow over the arctic ice

the sea ice group

getting ready for instrument deployment

unloading the sleds

taking biological samples

taking sea water samples

cutting an ice core into sections for permeability measurements

CTD measurements

drilling a hole with a gas-powered auger for instrument deployment

polar bear playing with those instruments


still having fun...


and some more...


and even more...

deployment rod bent after the bear attack