ARCTIC OCEAN – Nick Hukriede mounts temperature sensors

ARCTIC OCEAN – Nick Hukriede mounts temperature sensors to a device used to measure water conductivity, temperature and depth Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) approximately 100 miles northwest of Barrow, Alaska, in the Chukchi Sea. As the only U.S. military ship dedicated to conducting scientific research in the Arctic, the Healy has a compliment of sensors to measure environmental conditions, which is coordinated in the Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic lab. A team of about 30 scientists is aboard the Healy to deploy sensors and autonomous submarines in the Arctic to study stratified ocean dynamics and how environmental factors affect the water below the ice surface for the Office of Naval Research. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi