Arctic pics from the Arctic Chair, Mark Hermanson

Hi All, We're on the bus to Lillehammer and Mark Hermanson, the Fulbright Arctic Chair, who is stationed in Svalbard, shared these photos he took in the Northeast Barents Sea in April-May 2009.


Near Hornsund







Northeast Barents Sea. Lance research vessel. Experimental oil burn. After adding oil to the water to measure how the oil decomposed, researchers set the oil on fire.