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The comb jelly Aulacoctena sp., collected by means of a remotely operated vehicle in the deep Arctic Canada Basin. Image by Kevin Raskoff, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 1.6MB). |
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A yet unidentified cnidarian collected from the deep Arctic Canada Basin with the manipulator arm of an ROV. The specimen was attached to a second species of cnidarian. Image by Bluhm and Iken, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 540KB). |
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Clione limacina, a pelagic snail. This specimen was collected from the deep Arctic Canada Basin with an ROV. Image by Kevin Raskoff, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 889KB). |
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A jelly fish of the genus Crossota, collected from the deep Arctic Canada Basin with an ROV. Image by Kevin Raskoff, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 1.2MB). |
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The USCGC Healy on station in the high Arctic Canada Basin. Image by Elizabeth Calvert, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 665KB). |
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Sea cucumbers such as this specimen dominated the fauna at the sea floor at several stations during the Hidden Ocean expedition. Image by Bodil Bluhm and Katrin Iken, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 398KB). |
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A feather star collected with the ROV during the Canada Basin Hidden Ocean expedition. Image by Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2.7MB). |
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Sea anemone collected from the deep Arctic Canada Basin with the manipulator arm of an ROV. Image by Bluhm and Iken, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 1.8MB). |
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The sea ice working group in their element: view of a typical sea ice station during the Hidden Ocean Expedition with ice corer, generator for power, sleds for hauling the gear, and light and temperature sensors. The teacher-at-sea Jack Adams is handling the ice corer. Image by Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2.3MB). |
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Teacher-at-sea Jack Adams, White Mountain / Barrow High Schools, taking an ice core from an ice floe in the Canada Basin. Image by Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2.2MB). |
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Under-ice SCUBA team (left to right) Shawn Harper, Katrin Iken and Elizabeth Calvert, all from University of Alaska Fairbanks, after a successful ice dive under the ice of the Canada Basin. Image by Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 1.9MB). |
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Under-ice divers Katrin Iken and Shawn Harper, University of Alaska Fairbanks, preparing for a SCUBA dive in the Canada Basin. Image by Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2.9MB). |
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Part of the sea ice science team is lifted over from the USCGC Healy to the sea ice by man basket. Image by Potter, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2.3MB). |
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High Arctic sea star collected at the deep-sea floor in the Canada Basin by an ROV. Image by Bodil Bluhm and Katrin Iken, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 2MB). |
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Under-ice diver Shawn Harper (University of Alaska Faibanks) collecting under-water video in the high Arctic Canada Basin. Image by Katrin Iken, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 727KB). |
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Under-ice diver Katrin Iken, Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, deploying a quadrate for under-ice amphipod (sand fleas) counts in the Arctic Canada Basin. Image by Harper, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 3MB). |
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Sea ice pressure ridge from a SCUBA diver's perspective during the Hidden Ocean expedition to the Canada Basin. Image by Elizabeth Calvert, NOAA. Download full version (zip file 791KB). |
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Map of The Canada Basin. Image from International Bathymetic Chart of the Arctic Ocean: www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
mgg/bathymetry/arctic/. Download full version (zip file 700KB). |
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The deepwater copepod Euaugaptilis hyperboreus pulls along her 3 attached eggs as she skulls the ocean depths. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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The amphipod Eusirus holmii searches for small prey to seize with its powerful claws. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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The midwater copepod Gaetanus brevispinus glides through the ocean's depths. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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The arrow-worm Heterokrohnia involucrum waits just a few feet above the seafloor waiting for small prety to seize with the hooks along the size of its head. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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Carrot-colored pelagic nemertine worms were unknown from the arctic, but were observed one every ROV dive. Experts will determine if this represents a new species. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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The shell-less pelagic snail Clione limacina prowls the shallow waters beneath the ice looking for prey. Image by Russ Hopcroft.
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A pelagic amphipod from the deep waters of the Canada Basin. Image by Russ Hopcroft, NOAA. Download full version (zip file). |
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Small clams collected from the Canada Basin seafloor at depths of over 10,000 feet. Image Bodil Bluhm, NOAA. Download full version (zip file). |
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The pelagic deep-water shrimp Hymenodora glacialis collected at a depth of over 3,000 feet in the Canada Basin during the Hidden Ocean Expedition. Image by Russ Hopcroft, NOAA. Download full version (zip file). |
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| Group picture panorama of the Hidden Ocean science team and the USCGC Healy crew on the sea ice in the Canada Basin. Image by Ian MacDonald, NOAA. Download full version (zip file). |
