Johanna Jenkins drawing water samples. With her own sample requirements complete after transfer of all her equipment to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Jenkins continues as part of the research team, drawing samples on behalf of other researchers.

Aurora Borealis glows over the radar dome of R/V Mirai.

An example of the Copepod Calanus glacialis (size ~3mm), one of the keystone zooplankton in the Arctic marine ecosystem studied by Dr. Sanae Chiba (S.Chiba Photo).

Marine Works Japan technicians Asako Moro and Miura Kohei analyzing samples in the main biology lab.

Ken Katayama, the unofficial videographer of the cruise, caught in the act in the CTD standby room.

Mirai makes landfall off Cape Lisburne Alaska on 07 October to conduct CTD station #225

CTD cast at dusk in the Chukchi Sea. Operations are still conducted 24 hrs a day weather permitting.

Captain David Snider and Captain Masaharu Akamine on the bridge of R/V Mirai

A light dusting of snow coats deck crew working lines on deck during current mooring deployment.

With the Diomede Islands as a backdrop, Chief Scientist Dr Koji Shimada looks southward as R/V completes the final transect of JWACS 2004 in the Bering Strait.