U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts Arctic operations
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and embarked scientists retrieve a plankton net used for collecting microorganism samples from the Chukchi Sea, Oct. 26, 2024. Healy hosted junior scientists from a variety of institutions during the second phase of their Fall 2024 Arctic deployment supporting the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded Polar Early Career Scientist Training project, with contributions from NOAA and the Coast Guard providing training and research opportunities in the operational areas of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas and within the marginal ice zone. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.