Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA) 2009 Expedition

Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA) 2009 Expedition

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2009 Expedition to the Bering Strait and Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean

The RUSALCA mission set sail from Nome, Alaska on the Russian Research Vessel Professor Khromov on August 22, 2009 for a 40-day voyage into the Bering Strait and northwards to the Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean.

Information:

Statement on Joint Arctic Research between NOAA and Russian Academy of Science
Russian participation in RUSALCA
RUSALCA 2009
Cruise info on Ocean Explorer website
Interim Cruise Report for RUSALCA 2009 Leg 1 (Bering Sea Moorings)
New! RUSALCA 2009 Report

News Articles:

Arctic expedition reaches the ice (9/22/09, Reuters)
‘Not enough ice to make a margarita’ (9/21/09) Reuters)
Sovereignty, oil hunt complicate Arctic research (9/18/09Reuters)
Former Cold War foes team up to probe warming seas (9/17/09, Reuters)
Aboard the Professor Khromov (9/16/09, New York Times)
Reuters Blog Posts
Dispatches from research vessel Professor Khromov (University of Maryland)

Photos & Animations:

New! Data and Plots
NOTE: these section plots are preliminary and will be updated as data analysis progresses

stations and ice minimum

Sea Ice

RUSALCA-2008-SRV-Lavrentyev-Cruise

Leg 1 Stations

launch of the rosette

Launch of rosette, RUSALCA

Khromov

port view of the Khromov, RUSALCA

Photos are courtesy of Aleksey Ostrovskiy (contact Aleksey Ostrovskiy at aao7777@gmail.com)

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Kathy.Crane@noaa.gov
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