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To get through heavy ice cover, the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy sometimes has to back up, get a running start, and ram its way forward. During an Read More

During a 2009 Arctic expedition aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, science writer Helen Fields (left) and technician Megan Bernhardt from the University of Washington arranged a Mother’s Day salute […]

Doctoral candidate Melissa Patrician captured this stunning sunrise over the Southern Ocean at 1:47 a.m. in late November 2011. With nearly 24 hours of sunlight aboard […]

Emperor penguins are the only Antarctic birds that exclusively breed and raise their young on sea ice, a fact that could bring […]

Adelie and chinstrap penguins “porpoise” through the water of the Southern Ocean near South Thule Island. Penguins and other animals are uniquely adapted to life in the harsh conditions of […]

Marine science technician Marshal Chaidez signals to a crewmate running a winch from a control room overlooking the fantail of the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy to deploy a set […]

While Hurricane Sandy was lashing the East Coast, a low-pressure system was making life difficult for the scientists and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy. The team […]

A polar bear tried (and failed) to scramble onto a too-small ice floe in the Denmark Strait in August 2012 during a cruise led by WHOI physical oceanographer Bob […]

In August, WHOI research associate Philip Alatalo helped net and preserve plankton (and at least one sea star) from the Chukchi Sea, off the coast of Alaska. The samples were […]

Why study lifeless krill, copepods, and other tiny Arctic organisms under a microscope when you can see them live and in action in their native environment? During an early winter […]

Associate Scientist Mak Saito saw plenty of Adélie penguins during his International Polar Year expedition to Antarctica in 2009. His study focused on the collection of sea-ice and water column algae, but another project […]

On an endless summer day in 2007, WHOI scientists gathered at the gateway to the Arctic Ocean in Longyearbyen (population 1,800), the largest settlement on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, […]

During the International Polar year (2007-2009), biologist Carin Ashjian led a cruise to Bering Sea with a research team studying how climate change is affecting the Arctic’s ocean […]

A documentary crew films an interview with WHOI deep-sea biologist Tim Shank (center in brown jacket) on Dyer’s Dock during a bitterly cold January morning in Woods Hole. The […]

Bow lights show the way as the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy streaks through slim pancake ice in the nighttime Bering Sea. After long, dark winters, sunlight returns to the […]