Arctic Ocean

Information on The Chukchi

Aerial view of the Eskimo Village of Shishmaref which is threatened by coastal erosion.Seward Peninsula, Alaska. 2003

A Sea Angel, swimming in the Arctic Ocean, This Gymnosomata is related to sea slugs and is a pteropod

Frozen Beaufort Sea, northern edge of Aulavik National Park, northern Banks Island, NWT, Arctic Canada

Driftwood from Siberia on North Slope beach. Barrow, Alaska. 1997

Tourists dance around the world at the North Pole by the Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz. 1998

Russian Nuclear Icebreaker, the Sovetskiy Soyuz breaking though summer pack ice in the Arctic Ocean on the way to the North Pole. 1998

Cherry Alexander, photographer at North Pole in July 1998.

Shishmaref, an eskimo village threatened by erosion and global warming, Seward Peninsula. Alaska. 2003

Aerial view of the Eskimo village of Shishmaref, showing houses threatened by coastal erosion, Seward Peninsula. Alaska. 2003

Sunlight catches patches of open water between ice floes in the Arctic Ocean. July. 1998

Caution!!! This Pix has B&C Alexander as a finger on the sign. North Pole. 1998

Map of the Arctic Ocean showing a mountain at the North Pole. Cartographer Petrus Bertius. c.1616.

Sign at the North Pole, planted on summer sea ice by a pressure ridge. North Pole. Arctic Ocean. DC. 1998

Sign at the North Pole, with a GPS, Global Positioning System. North Pole. Arctic Ocean. Digitally composed. 1998

Russian Nuclear Icebreaker, Sovetskiy Soyuz cutting through one year sea ice. Arctic Ocean.1998

Family gathers around a sign at the North Pole for a souvenir photograph of the event. Arctic Ocean. 1998

Tourists dance around the world at the North Pole by the Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz. 1998

Ice scientist Peter Wadham hams it up with a Russian Nuclear Icebraker on a stop in the pack ice. Arctic Ocean. 1998

Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz and Mi-2 helicopter in the heavy pack ice of the Arctic Ocean. 1998

Thawing Sea Ice in summer forms fantastic shapes. The Chukchi Sea. Siberia. 1997

Jawbones of a Bowhead Whale form the Archway. Umiaks beside it. Barrow. N.Alaska. 1997