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Aaron Putnam | Aaron Stupple | Elisa Maldonado | Noa Levanon | Javier Lopez

Aaron Putnam

Cruise to the Northern Ice Pack to Study the Chemical and Biological Properties of Ice and Sedement within the Ice

Field Experience July 6-28

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

May 31
From Barrow to Nome

June 1
No Place Like Nome (fog)

June 2
Chopper Ride to the Polar Sea

June 3
Walrus, Ice, Initiation

June 4
Be a Polar Bear, Ice Station

June 5
Ice Science

June 6
Chopper to Ice
for Coring

June 7
FIRE, Core Analysis

June 8
ALARM, Ice Station

June 9
Lab Work, Science Talks

June 10
Lab Work, ROV Discoveries

June 11
Ice Station, See the Ocean Floor

June 12
Lab Work, Science Talks

June 13
Birthday?!
Polar Bears!

June 14
Birthday, Lab Work

June 15
Sea Floor Trawling

June 16
Lab work, ROV, Cores

June 17
Polar Bear!

June 18
Polar Bear, Ice, Captain's Table

June 19
Polar Bear, Box Cores

June 20
Ice Station,
Bear, Captain

June 21
Ice Station, Ship Tour

June 22
Computers, Relaxing

June 23
Apocalypse, Ice Station, ROV

June 24
Box Core, Be a Polar Bear

June 25
Ice Station, Pizza, Farewell


* All photographs were taken by Aaron Putnam with the exception of the "mud lady" photo, June 24, and "Aaron in the lab", June 5, which were taken by Tim Buckley.

See the TEA web site for more information about Tim Buckley and to read his journals.

Aaron Putnam | Aaron Stupple | Elisa Maldonado | Noa Levanon | Javier Lopez