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Benthic Biology in the Bering Sea

Ted Fathauer Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153521439 File Size: 123184 Comments: 0 / Views: 1592 Description: Ted Fathauer is a weather forecaster who volunteered to come along to support the science work on this cruise. He's been helping out with the CTD and XBT's.	Stephanie with CTD Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153521401 File Size: 102686 Comments: 0 / Views: 1496 Description: Stephanie King spends most of her time working with the CTD bottle rosette. Clearly she loves her work!	Jackie with Haps Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153521338 File Size: 102442 Comments: 0 / Views: 1455 Description: Jackie is getting ready to guide the Haps core over and into the water. You can see the core barrel at the bottom.	Packing the Van Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153519807 File Size: 139071 Comments: 0 / Views: 1463 Description: Everyone had started packing over the last couple of days, but the push was on today to wrap things up. Here are just a few of the boxes and pieces of equipment that we labeled in the van on deck.
Walrus Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153507975 File Size: 86498 Comments: 0 / Views: 1454 Description: We've been seeing walrus all evening, but these were the first I saw and actually the first I had ever seen up here.	Me, Rebecca, and Ice Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153443603 File Size: 67173 Comments: 0 / Views: 1502 Description: Last night we spotted ice on the horizon and rushed on to the deck to sieve the last of Jackie's cores. Peter Lee took this picture of Rebecca and me just as we were getting into the ice and finishing the cores.	Polar Bear Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153443567 File Size: 58698 Comments: 0 / Views: 1534 Description: Just before dinner someone spotted a polar bear off the bow. We all watched for over a half hour as it devoured its dinner. Once the ship moved, it went into the water and swam away. (photo by Rebecca Pirtle-Levy)	Dr. Koji Shimada and H... Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153443524 File Size: 97345 Comments: 0 / Views: 1430 Description: standing on deck with the mooring they have just retrieved.
Caitlin with GTD Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153340728 File Size: 133968 Comments: 0 / Views: 1391 Description: Be sure to compare this piece of equipment to the bio acoustic fish. Caitlin O'Neill works with both and gets good data from both. Science isn't always neat.	Bio acoustic fish Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153340689 File Size: 115536 Comments: 0 / Views: 1355 Description: Early in the trip Caitlin and the crew spent lots of time making sure the fish was working and transmitting data properly. After many days of workinng very well, it's out of the water now because we're in ice.	Jackie in the lab Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153340653 File Size: 115661 Comments: 0 / Views: 1346 Description: Jackie is only on deck gathering mud part of the time. She also spends a great deal of time in the ship's lab.	Jackie with haps core Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153340549 File Size: 132719 Comments: 0 / Views: 1365 Description: Jackie looks very happy because she's just gotten a good core for her respiration experiments. In the background you can see the green van where we process the mud.
Lee in van Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153340517 File Size: 144989 Comments: 0 / Views: 1309 Description: Lee is getting ready in the van for another station. The van is set up on deck, and it holds much of our mud equipment and provides a place to work to cut the cores and preserve the mud animals from the grabs.	Sand dollars Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153256467 File Size: 146782 Comments: 0 / Views: 1414 Description: We always find these sand dollars at this particular station, and we take extra grabs in order to save sand dollars for the crew. Photo by: Steve Kennedy	Barb helps out Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153253120 File Size: 91157 Comments: 0 / Views: 1264 Description: Sieving mud is more fun than it sounds, and we often get others who want to help out. Here we are with Barb Wilson, ship's logistics officer, who came out and helped through two stations. Left to right in the picture - me, Barb Wilson, Rebecca Pirtle-Levy. Photo by: Jackie Callen	Me sieving Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153253057 File Size: 117605 Comments: 0 / Views: 1416 Description: In this picture, I've sieved all the mud and tilted the box on end so I can get the animals out. Photo by: Jackie Callen
van Veen mud Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153252987 File Size: 123842 Comments: 0 / Views: 1351 Description: Once the mud has been dumped from the van Veen grab, we dump it into sieve boxes and work with hoses to get all the mud out and collect the animals. Photo by: Koji Shimada	van Veen wash Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153252882 File Size: 117776 Comments: 0 / Views: 1276 Description: After the van Veen comes on deck, we dump the mud into a bucket. Here Jackie is holding the van Veen while I wash it out before sending it back down for another mud grab. Photo by: Koji Shimada	Off the top Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153252614 File Size: 103466 Comments: 0 / Views: 1255 Description: When the first mud grab comes up, we take small samples off the top for analysis. Often it's Rebecca Pirtle-Levy taking the samples as she is in this picture. Photo by: Koji Shimada	van Veen out of the water Uploaded by: Betty_Carvellas On: 1153252507 File Size: 123866 Comments: 0 / Views: 1342 Description: At each station we send the van Veen down 5 times to grab mud from the bottom. You can tell that it's coming up in this picture because it's closed. Photo by: Jackie Callen