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![3saints](pics/thumbnails/3saints.JPG)
The mountains of Three Saints Bay are reflected in the water |
![alongpier](pics/thumbnails/alongpier.JPG)
The Miller Freeman along a pier in Eureka CA |
![big volcano](pics/thumbnails/big_volcano.JPG)
A volcano in the Aleutian chain |
![bongo](pics/thumbnails/bongo.jpg)
Survey tech and scientist bring a Bongo net back on board in windy weather. |
![breakingice](pics/thumbnails/breaking_ice.JPG)
The crew helps clear ice off the Miller Freeman |
![brucekeg](pics/thumbnails/bruce_keg.JPG)
LF Knoepke gets ready to toss a keg at a Cinco De Mayo festival in Dutch Harbor. |
![bunker](pics/thumbnails/bunker.JPG)
WWII bunkers on Dutch Harbor. |
![busy](pics/thumbnails/busy.JPG)
The bridge crew is busy getting the ship underway. |
![captherring](pics/thumbnails/Capt_Herring.JPG)
CAPT Herring looks on from the bridge of the Oscar Dyson as his ship rafts up to the Miller Freeman. |
![cassandra_larry](pics/thumbnails/cassandra_larry.jpg)
Scientists relax on the bow. |
![cdrgallagher](pics/thumbnails/cdr_Gallagher.JPG)
CDR Gallagher in the snow. |
![coastyhelo](pics/thumbnails/coasty_helo.JPG)
A Coast Guard helicopter flies by the Miller Freeman. |
![cooper](pics/thumbnails/Cooper.JPG)
F Cooper steers the ship around ice floes. |
![crewice](pics/thumbnails/crew_ice.JPG)
The ship's crew on the icy Miller Freeman bow. |
![ctd](pics/thumbnails/ctd.jpg)
A scientist and Survey Tech Kathy Hough get ready to deploy a CTD. |
![dave](pics/thumbnails/dave.JPG)
LTjg Strausz looks over navigation equipment on the bridge. |
![davis](pics/thumbnails/davis.JPG)
ENS Davis enjoys the first view of the mainland we've seen since leaving for Alaska. |
![davisbridge](pics/thumbnails/Davis_bridge.JPG)
ENS Davis instructs AB Lozier on helming techniques. |
![nets](pics/thumbnails/deploy_nets.JPG)
CB Mackie leads the deck crew in a net deployment. |
![divefinish](pics/thumbnails/divefinish.JPG)
LT Cimilluca, CS Phillips, CB Mackie and LCDR Boland finish a dive operation. |
![drawbridge](pics/thumbnails/drawbridge.JPG)
The Ballard Bridge raises so the ship can go through the ship canal in Seattle. |
![drifter](pics/thumbnails/drifter.JPG)
The scientists and survey tech get ready to deploy a drifter. |
![dumpeagles](pics/thumbnails/dump_eagles.JPG)
The Kodiak Alaska dump is full of Eagles. |
![duncan](pics/thumbnails/duncan.JPG)
1AE Duncan at the top of Ballyhoo Mountain. |
![dutch](pics/thumbnails/Dutch.JPG)
The view from Ballyhoo Mountain in Dutch Harbor. |
![dutchharbor](pics/thumbnails/dutch_harbor.JPG)
The view of Dutch Harbor from Ballyhoo Mountain. |
![dysonmts](pics/thumbnails/dyson_mountains.JPG)
The Oscar Dyson steams by some dramatic mountains during joint operations with Miller Freeman. |
![dysonvolcano](pics/thumbnails/Dyson_volcanoe.JPG)
The Oscar Dyson travels by a volcano. |
![gallant](pics/thumbnails/ens_gallant.JPG)
ENS Gallant in Captain's Bay, Dutch Harbor. |
![farallons](pics/thumbnails/farallons.JPG)
The Farallon rocks off of California. With lots of seagulls. |
![feedinghorses](pics/thumbnails/feeding_horses.jpg)
Feeding the wild horses of Dutch Harbor. |
![fillet](pics/thumbnails/fillet.JPG)
The crew gathers to help fillet by-catch for charity. |
![fillet2](pics/thumbnails/fillet2.JPG)
LCDR Boland and LF Long are the two fastest filleters. |
![fishsort](pics/thumbnails/fish_sort.JPG)
A scientist sorts through fish on the sorting table on the back deck. |
![fishkick](pics/thumbnails/fishkick.JPG)
ENS Gallant helps F Baird with a large catch of fish. |
![fishsort](pics/thumbnails/fishsort.JPG)
A scientist sorts through fish on the back deck. |
![frb](pics/thumbnails/frb.JPG)
CB Mackie directs launching of the FRB. |
![frbaway](pics/thumbnails/frb_away.JPG)
The FRB races away from the ship to help hikers in distress along the shore. |
![gallant](pics/thumbnails/Gallant.JPG)
ENS Gallant in front of the Canadian mainland on a cloudy day. |
![gantry](pics/thumbnails/gantry.JPG)
The sunset is framed nicely by the gantry. |
![graveyard](pics/thumbnails/graveyard.jpg)
The oldest Russian Orthodox graveyard in the US. |
![horses](pics/thumbnails/horses.jpg)
The wild horses are friendly. |
![hullice](pics/thumbnails/hulli_ice.JPG)
The Miller Freeman is all covered in ice!. |
![iceflow](pics/thumbnails/ice_flow.JPG)
The Miller Freeman passes a small ice flow in the Bering Sea. |
![icefloat](pics/thumbnails/icefloat.JPG)
ENS Gallant stands in front of some sea ice. |
![island](pics/thumbnails/Island.JPG)
A lonely island in the Bering Sea. |
![jennifer](pics/thumbnails/jennifer.jpg)
ENS King looks at the scenic coast of Canada from the bow. |
![kegtoss](pics/thumbnails/keg_toss.JPG)
LF Knoepke tosses his keg to victory at the keg toss |
![kingbridge](pics/thumbnails/King_bridge.JPG)
ENS King and F Kerr-Reiss on the bridge. |
![kwanszit](pics/thumbnails/kwanszit.jpg)
A relic of WWII in Dutch Harbor. |
![laura](pics/thumbnails/laura.jpg)
ENS Gallant and a scientist on the bridge of the Miller Freeman. |
![lcdrboland](pics/thumbnails/Lcdr_Boland.JPG)
LCDR Boland and our iced over crane. |
![lcdrboland2](pics/thumbnails/lcdr_boland_2.JPG)
LCDR Boland at sunrise in Three Saints Bay. |
![lindsey](pics/thumbnails/lindsey.JPG)
LTjg Waller hiding in the forest on Kodiak Island. |
![linehandler](pics/thumbnails/linehandler.JPG)
LTjg Strausz waits to handle lines for the Miller Freeman. |
![looking](pics/thumbnails/looking.JPG)
Scientists look at water samples for signs of life. |
![ltcimilluca](pics/thumbnails/LT_Cimilluca.JPG)
LT Cimilluca in front of a volcano in the Aleutian chain. |
![mfkodiak](pics/thumbnails/mf_kodiak.JPG)
The Fairweather at dock in Kodiak. |
![mocness](pics/thumbnails/mocness.JPG)
The deck crew gets ready to deploy a mocness from the back deck. |
![mooring](pics/thumbnails/mooring_capture.jpg)
The deck crew hoists a mooring instrument aboard. |
![mooringdeploy](pics/thumbnails/mooring_deployed.JPG)
The deck crew gets ready to deploy a mooring buoy off the back deck. |
![mountain](pics/thumbnails/mountain_peak.JPG)
The peak of a Pyramid mountain in Captains Bay Dutch Harbor. |
![nets](pics/thumbnails/nets.JPG)
The deck crew is busy inspecting the trawl net. |
![onballyhoo](pics/thumbnails/on_ballyhoo.JPG)
ENS Davis, 1AE Duncan, and LTjg Strausz have conquered the top of Ballyhoo. |
![rafted](pics/thumbnails/rafted.JPG)
The Oscar Dyson and Miller Freeman rafted together in Captains Bay Dutch Harbor. |
![rafting](pics/thumbnails/rafting.JPG)
The Oscar Dyson rafts up to the Miller Freeman when there isn't enough dock space for two ships along side. |
![resting](pics/thumbnails/resting.jpg)
Relaxing by the shores of a glacial lake in Dutch Harbor. |
![scientistparty](pics/thumbnails/scientistparty.JPG)
The scientific party and F Cooper on the back deck in cold weather. |
![sealsmall](pics/thumbnails/seal_small.jpg)
A fur seal on a patch of ice. |
![sealion](pics/thumbnails/sealion.jpg)
A Sea Lion at the fuel dock in Kodiak. |
![seandive](pics/thumbnails/seandive.JPG)
LT Cimilluca waves from the water during a dive operation. |
![sorting](pics/thumbnails/sorting.jpg)
Scientists sort our their fish haul. |
![squid](pics/thumbnails/squid.JPG)
LT Cimilluca holds up a squid caught by one of our trawl nets. |
![strausz](pics/thumbnails/strausz.JPG)
LTjg Strausz thinks Three Saints Bay is cool. |
![struasz2](pics/thumbnails/strausz_kodiak.JPG)
LTjg Strausz at a scenic outlook in Kodiak Sunrise. |
![sunrise](pics/thumbnails/Sunrise.JPG)
A stunning sunrise in Three Saints Bay. |
![sunrise2](pics/thumbnails/sunrise2.JPG)
Another Sunrise in Three Saints Bay. |
![tiedup](pics/thumbnails/tiedup.JPG)
The Miller Freeman at dock in Eureka CA. |
![volcano](pics/thumbnails/volcano_tug.jpg)
A tugboat steams past two volcanoes in the Aleutian chain at sunrise. |