Arctic

Pictures from our travels to the Arctic

: A shot of collegues attaching the salinity sensors to the tether, prior to deployment. image by Kirby Broyles

: This is a shot of us during buoy deployment, you can see the sensors on the tether. These will be under the ice in the water. image by Kirby Broyles

: Another angle of our sidekick deployment.

: Deployment site for buoy number 6. March of 2017. image by Kirby Broyles

: Open lead in the ice on our way to deployment site. image by Kirby Broyles

: Tying down the surface float section of buoy #5. image by Kirby Broyles

: Setting up the frame for the sidekick unit. This instrument remains on the surface of the ice and collects incident irradiance as well as takes the daily pictures. image by Kirby Broyles

: Dr. Victoria Hill with WARM buoy number 5, deployment completed. image by Kirby Broyles

: Dr. Victoria Hill during buoy deployment. image by Kirby Broyles

: Shot of ODU pride!, we left two ODU flags on the ice so we would monitor wind conditions. image by Kirby Broyles

: Dr Petros Katsioloudis from the ODU STEM Education and Professional Studies. Petros came with us to test a prototype sensor. image by Kirby Broyles

: Close up of ice auger used to drill 1 inch holes. image by Kirby Broyles

: Dog team staying overnight at the camp

: Dr Hill with helo in the background at Barneo

: The tractor used to level snow at the camp

: Walking back to camp after deploying the buoy

: Number 2 deployed. Done for this year

: Plane leaving the camp

: Barneo tent camp

: Augering a hole in the ice to deploy the buoy through

: Getting ready to deploy the hyperpro through the ice to measure light

: View from window while flying over the ice

: Happy after 5 hours hard work on the ice