Expedition to the Bering Strait & Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean

August 23 - September 30, 2009

The 2009 RUSALCA mission set sail from Nome, Alaska on the Russian Research Vessel Professor Khromov on August 22, 2009 for a 40-day voyage into the Bering Strait and northwards to the Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean.

Relevant information

• Statement on Joint Research:  NOAA and the Russian Academy of Sciences (signed November 9, 2009)
• Russian participation in RUSALCA - published in Hydro International Jan 2, 2009
• Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2009 information from the  NOAA Ocean Explorer website

Cruise plans and reports

• Leg 1 Preliminary Cruise Report
• Leg 2 Cruise Plan (Nome - Nome), September 1-30, 2009
• Final Cruise Report (Legs 1 and 2)

News articles

• Arctic expedition reaches the ice (9/22/09, Reuters)
• ‘Not enough ice to make a margarita’ (9/21/09) Reuters)
• Sovereignty, oil hunt complicate Arctic research (9/18/09Reuters)
• Former Cold War foes team up to probe warming seas (9/17/09, Reuters)
• Aboard the Professor Khromov (9/16/09, New York Times)
• Reuters Blog Posts
• Dispatches from research vessel Professor Khromov (University of Maryland)

Data and Plots

• Chukchi Sea Physical Oceanography, R. Pickart (WHOI)
• Hydrographic, Velocity and Video Plankton Recorder Measurements (WHOI)
• Bering Strait Mooring Data, R. Woodgate, T. Weingartner et al. (UW)
• Nutrients and Chlorophyll Data (UAF)

Animations

• Anchors Aweigh (1.9Mb)
• Exchanging coordinates (2.8Mb)
• Little Diomede and zodiac (2.6Mb)
• Rosette, Little Diomede and zodiac (16.5Mb)