Departure from Dutch, 02 Sept, 0800 local

Russian Orthodox Church in Dutch Harbor

First snow on deck...snowball fights and much hilarity on the part of our Japanese hosts

It is amazing what boffins will do for entertainment. John Harris of IOS resorts to table dancing to relieve the high pressure of his methane sampling

John Harris extracting water sample from CTD Rosette after deep cast. One of John's tasks is collecting methane samples to determine extent of methane within Arctic Ocean system

International Arctic Research Centre (IARC) Scientist Laodong Guo conducting global climate variability studies onboard R/V Mirai