Robert "WeeGee" Smith, North South Polar's master mechanic,
Robert "WeeGee" Smith, North South Polar's master mechanic, tests a hose fitting at the "hardware store" an area set aside for machinery parts and supplies at the dig site on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland,... More
Laurel Freas, Ph.D., forensic anthropologist with the
Laurel Freas, Ph.D., forensic anthropologist with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), reviews her evidence kit at the excavation site on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 4, 2013. Freas works at... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic anthropologist Mindy Simonson uses a hand-held compass to mark radial lines from a datum marker to determine where a series of flags will be placed, on a glac... More
Expedition team members Nick Bratton, back row, Joe
Expedition team members Nick Bratton, back row, Joe Tuttle, Laurel Freas, Mindy Simonson, Frank Marley, 2nd row, Mitch Zuckoff, Jaana Gustafsson, WeeGee Smith, John Bradley, Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, front row, Isa... More
A grid on the surface of a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland
A grid on the surface of a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland is shown Aug. 1, 2013. The grid was created by a survey and ground penetrating radar team to establish a general area for excavation to locate the pot... More
North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley,
North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley, boards an Air Greenland A-Star helicopter that is heading to our fuel cache on a remote island near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 7, 2013. Bradley along with NS... More
Jaana Gustafson, a geophysicist, prepares her ground
Jaana Gustafson, a geophysicist, prepares her ground penetrating radar equipment for travel by wrapping the wheels with rope for better traction over snow on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 1, 2013. Gu... More
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Robert Tucker, from the
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Robert Tucker, from the office of aviation forces, provides an operation status and position report to U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command Center about the J2F-4 Grumman Duck missi... More
Author Mitchell Zuckoff, right, shows Jaana Gustafsson,
Author Mitchell Zuckoff, right, shows Jaana Gustafsson, a geophysicist with North South Polar, the first area that needs to be excavated at the dig site on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 9, 2013. The ... More
Air Greenland helicopter pilot Tom Andreassen signals
Air Greenland helicopter pilot Tom Andreassen signals to a fellow air crew member where to land near the nunatak on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 16, 2013. Andreassen, along with another aircrew, eva... More
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, team leader,
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, team leader, left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco, media relations, and Capt. Ken Harman, flight surgeon, gather at the national ensign in honor of the 223rd annivers... More
U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis, team leader for the
U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis, team leader for the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, reads over his notes in between helicopter sling loads of excavation equipment and fuel on a remote island near Koge Bay, Gre... More
North South Polar's Alberto Behar, an electrical engineer
North South Polar's Alberto Behar, an electrical engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, left, and Mindy Simonson, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) anthropologist, watch the image on the screen... More
An areal view of the remote campsite located near the
An areal view of the remote campsite located near the excavation site, heavy machinery and equipment on a glacier near Koge Bay, Aug. 7, 2013. Crew members are finishing the construction of the last compact tra... More
Expedition members from Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting
Expedition members from Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command, North South Polar and U.S. Coast Guard break down the campsite and secure gear on the nunatak due to an approaching piteraq storm on a glacier... More
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker (front), Nick
U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker (front), Nick Bratton of North South Polar (NSP), U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis and John Bradley of NSP work together to lift a generator onto a Pelican case at a remote is... More
An areal view seen from an Air Greenland helicopter
An areal view seen from an Air Greenland helicopter of the of the J24-F Grumman Duck expedition team campsite is shown on the rocks near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 1, 2013. Air Greenland is the primary resource ... More
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, U.S. Coast Guard team leader,
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, U.S. Coast Guard team leader, right, and Jaana Gustafsson, a geophysicist with North South Polar, place flags two meters apart on a radial line extending from datum, on a glacier near Koge... More
North South Polar's chief scientist, Alberto Behar,
North South Polar's chief scientist, Alberto Behar, left, signals to an Air Greenland helicopter pilot to hoist a sling load of 55-gallon barrels of fuel as safety team leader John Bradley steadies them near Ko... More
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ken Harman, a flight surgeon
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ken Harman, a flight surgeon and Joe Tuttle, a North South Polar team member, ensure the flagpole flying the National Ensign, Prisoner of War/Missing in Action and Honor and Remember flag... More
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, expedition team leader for the
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, expedition team leader for the U.S. Coast Guard, attaches shoe chains over the soles of his boots for better traction while trekking on the glacier's icy surface near Koge Bay, Greenland, ... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic anthropologist Mindy Simonson stands at datum holding a GPS and measuring tape marking radial lines to determine where a series of flags will be placed, on a ... More
An areal view of the remote campsite located near the
An areal view of the remote campsite located near the excavation site, heavy machinery and equipment on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 7, 2013. Crew members are finishing the construction of the last ... More
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ken Harman, a flight surgeon
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Ken Harman, a flight surgeon deployed in support of the J2F-4 Grumman Duck joint recovery mission, adjusts the plastic edging of his solar snow melter, on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenla... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic anthropologist Laurel Freas rechecks marker flag placement against her notes at the excavation site where a series of bore holes will be melted on a glacier n... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic anthropologists Mindy Simonson, left, and Laurel Freas compare notes regarding the placement of marking flags on the excavation site where a series of bore ho... More
A helicopter pilot from Air Greenland delivers excavation
A helicopter pilot from Air Greenland delivers excavation equipment and fuel from a Norwegian cargo ship to a remote island near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 5, 2013. The ship’s crew anchored in iceberg-laden wate... More
Mitchell Zuckoff, an author embedded with the Joint
Mitchell Zuckoff, an author embedded with the Joint Recovery Mission – Greenland, signals to helicopter pilot Tom Andreassen, of Air Greenland, where to land near the nunatak on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenla... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic anthropologist Laurel Freas makes an entry in her field notes on her observations from using the subsurface camera at the excavation site on a glacier near Ko... More
Giant, chainsaw-like machinery used to cut through
Giant, chainsaw-like machinery used to cut through ice is assembled at the dig site on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 9, 2013. Four of these ice-cutting machines stand at the ready for use once the 6-... More
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic
Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command forensic photographer Staff Sgt. Brian Kimball uses a plumb line to measure two meter spacing along radial lines from datum to determine where a series of flags will b... More
U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis, team leader for the
U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis, team leader for the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, (left) and U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Rob Tucker, team leader for the U.S Coast Guard recovery mission, observe a helicopter ... More
The sun peeks through the clouds reflecting on the
The sun peeks through the clouds reflecting on the iceberg-laden waters near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 5, 2013. Despite the Arctic waters, the air temperature averaged 50 degrees throughout the day. (U.S. Coast... More
An Air Greenland helicopter pilot positions a sling
An Air Greenland helicopter pilot positions a sling load of essential supplies over a designated drop site on a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 4, 2013. The two Air Greenland pilots transported both pers... More
Air Greenland helicopter pilot Nicklas Altin, left,
Air Greenland helicopter pilot Nicklas Altin, left, and U.S. Army Maj. Jeremiah Ellis demonstrate the how to attach sling load hooks for 55-gallon barrels to North South Polar's project manager, Joe Tuttle, and... More