The nutrients team lower the primary productive sampling equipment into the ice

Terry Whitledge, Sang Lee, Bo Chen, and Joe Illasiak lower the primary productivity sampling equipment into the hole created by the removal of the ice core. Image courtesy of Arctic Exploration 2002, Rolf Gradinger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, NOAA/OER.

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Arctic Expedition 2002

Arctic Exploration: Mission Summary - Nutrients and Pelagic Primary Productivity

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