In summer 2016, BOEM oceanographer Dr. Kate Segarra sailed aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy to the Chukchi Borderlands, an icy region north of Alaska. Joining the Hidden Ocean 2016 expedition, led by NOAA, she describes the challenges of working on an icebreaker in action and finding potential new species.
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