October 7 Photos

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The business end of the Louis.

(Joey Wenig)
Ursinus Maritimus. (Seita Hoshino)
There are between 22,000 and 25,000 polar bears alive today. Bears live for about 25 years, females living slightly longer than males because they don’t fight. (Sam Thomas)

Polar bears can convert fat from their prey (ringed seals) into their own fat with 96-98% efficiency.

(Sam Thomas)

Tracks in the snow.

(Sam Thomas)

Dark patches of cloud are ‘water sky’.

(Sarah Ann Quesnel)
More water sky. (Sarah Ann Quesnel)
The NOAA P-3 passes overhead. (Sarah Ann Quesnel)

The crew deploying the ITP were the last ones on the ice yesterday evening. That’s Sam Thomas trooping up the gangway in the foreground.

(Alek Petty)

The Louis’ floodlights illuminate the icepack.

(Alek Petty)

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