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| News Release |
Date: March 4, 2009 |
Coast Guard Cutter Healy departs for Arctic West DeploymentPhotos and video available |
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In this video released by the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Cutter Healy prepares to depart its homeport in Seattle for a three-month Arctic West 2009 deployment, March 4, 2009. The deployment supports the ongoing Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST). BEST is a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that studies the ecological processes of sea ice as it retreats through the Bering Sea. Captain Frederick Sommer, Commanding Officer for the Healy and Seaman Deirdre Gray give insight to the scientific missions conducted while underway. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty Officer Third Class Tara Molle) In this photo released by the Coast Guard, a member from the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, homeported in Seattle, speaks to another Coast Guard member while preparing to depart for a three-month Arctic West 2009 deployment March 4, 2009. The deployment supports the ongoing Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST). BEST is a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that studies the ecological processes of sea ice as it retreats through the Bering Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Third Class Veronica Rzotkiewicz) In this photo released by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer Third Class Tara Molle interviews Seaman Deirdre Gray, a member on board the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, March 4, 2009. The Healy departed its homeport today for the three-month Arctic West 2009 deployment. The deployment supports the ongoing Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST). BEST is a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that studies the ecological processes of sea ice as it retreats through the Bering Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Third Class Veronica Rzotkiewicz) In this photo released by the Coast Guard, members from the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, homeported in Seattle, wave goodbye as they prepare to depart for their three-month Arctic West 2009 deployment, March 4, 2009. The deployment supports the ongoing Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST). BEST is a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that studies the ecological processes of sea ice as it retreats through the Bering Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Third Class Veronica Rzotkiewicz) SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy departed its homeport here, for a three-month Arctic West 2009 deployment, March 4, 2009. The deployment supports the ongoing Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST). BEST is a multi-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation that studies the ecological processes of sea ice as it retreats through the Bering Sea. Scientists on Healy will study how marine microorganisms, plants, animals and local human communities will be affected by the ongoing changes in the region. This mission will use different sampling strategies and focus on a common goal of improving ecological understanding of the Bering Sea. The joint chief scientists, Dr. Lee Cooper of the University of Maryland and Dr. Carin Ashjian of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, coordinated the BEST mission last year and will be aboard again this year. Healy is the largest of the nation's icebreakers and possesses extensive scientific capabilities. The 420-foot cutter was commissioned in 2000 and has a permanent crew of 80. Scientific support is the primary mission, but Healy is capable of supporting all other Coast Guard missions in the Polar Regions. For more information please contact Lt.j.g. Tasha Thomas at Tasha.n.thomas@uscg.mil. For more information about Healy please visit the following links: http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/healy |
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