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| 1. Trained crew are lowered over the side of the Healy and into the Beaufort Sea to recover a mooring. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 2. On the Healy moorings are recovered by small boats called RHIBs or rigid hull inflatable boats. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 3. Crew ride alongside the Healy in 1 of 2 RHIBs she carries aboard. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 4. Dr. Bob's arctic winch profiler as seen up close and aboard an RHIB. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 5. Recovering a mooring is sometimes no easy task. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 6. Waiting to be picked up by the Healy, ME2 Anthony Scikiak looks aft of our RHIB while camaraderie ensues. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 7. A RHIB As seen off the port side of the Healy. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 8. Emerging out of the fog...we can see her but can she see us? (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 9. An RHIB looks very small compared to the Healy's massive size. But she will soon be lifted aboard by the yellow davits descending into the water. (Rachel Fletcher) |
| 10. Seemingly held by a strap the RHIB is plucked out of the water with a bumpy ride to where she is stowed. (Rachel Fletcher) |
