Convergence Cruise

Five people stand on the ship's deck wearing life jackets and smiling towards the camera. Behind them is the doorway towards the ship's interior with the UAF logo above the door. To the left of the group of five, there is a large spool of blue rope, metal grating with someone looking through the grating, and a motorboat stored above the grating and spool. To the right of the group, there are a bunch of plastic coring tubes, some machinery, and the ocean beyond the ship's railing, with a grey overcast sky.
This group smiles while they are being watched.
A group of people stand around two plastic bins full of large fish. They are on the deck of the ship. Behind them is a dock, a rocky beach and mountains covered in brush.
An awesome haul for the day!
Four people sit on a small boat, smiling at the camera. They are approaching a rocky, grassy hill. The water appears calm and blue and the sky is a clear, deep blue
The Sikuliaq crew is shoving off in search for treasure
Someone sits in front of the ships controls, they are wearing sunglasses and smiling at the camera. Out the window you can see the boat's railing, the water is smooth and turquoise. A sliver of land is visible beyond the water
The Cap’n smiles, knowing the bounty that waits for them beyond the horizon
Someone stands next to a table with a fileted fish. They are holding a filet knife and standing on the ship deck. The sky is bright and partially cloudy.
A crew member helping to filet the catch of the day
Four people sit on a small boat. The waters are calm behind them, there are a few mountains, and the sky is cloudy with some blue holes poking through the clouds
All in a hard day’s work
Two people sit next to each other wearing orange life vests and blue hard hats. They are sitting infront of a window that looks into a mechanical part of the ship's interior.
Safety first
A landscape showing a road and some houses situated next to a calm beach. In the bay's water sits the Sikuliaq. The bay is surrounded by green mountains and the sky is half blue half cloudy.
We are very fortunate to work in an area that is just as beatiful in the summer as it is in the winter.
The crew standing together for a group photo on the ship's deck. The ship's railing is behind the group. The background shows a blue ocean and partially cloudy sky.
The crew here showing us how to show the state of Alaska with your hand.
Close to the camera are two people standing on a moving boat, the wind is moving their hair. Behind them is a wake from the boat's movement, further back is another boat, and behind the boat are green mountains with a little snow.
Nothing like zooming on a boat with amazing views
A person stands behind a metal grate with their fingers grabing onto some of the grating, behind them is a shipping container with a motorboat resting on top of it.
JAIL!
Someone stands on a boat and leans against the control room. Behind them is smooth waters, some green hills, and an overcast sky
A Sikuliaq crew member thinking about the treasure he’s going to dig out of the spot that’s marked with an “x”
Two people are standing in the control room of a boat. One of them is closer to the camera and smiling for a selfie. The other person is sitting at the ship's wheel with their hands on the wheel and a lever. Outside the foggy window is calm waters and a little bit of grassy hills
First mate taking a selfie with the Cap’n
Three people are standing on a boat. There is water splashing behind them, a mountain is in the background and the sky is cloudy with holes of blue poking through the clouds.
POV: you are a fish that was just caught and you’re looking at the people who caught you
Three people are wearing orange dry-suits for scuba diving. Two of them stand next to each other in a power stance. They're all smiling. They are inside of one of the ship's rooms.
Some of the crew posing for a photo before they get thrown into the icy water in their dry-suits.
Four people stand in various poses next to two parked ATV's. They stand on a gravel beach. Behind them is a calm ocean. The water is deep blue and the sky is clear.
The coolest people in the Sikuliaq crew decided to pose for a quick photo op
Four people stand around a incapacitated deer. They are in the middle of a grassy field with thick, grey fog.
Inspecting a fresh kill during a quick hunting break
Jess sits in front of controllers for a remote submersible touching some of the controllers and looking at the video being displayed from the remote submersible. The controllers look like a laptop, but instead of a keyboard it has a few buttons, knobs and switches.
“The best part of the job is definitely being able to study the sea floor” -Ashley Brant (aka, the person writing the alt text and captions for the photos)
The crew stands together for a group photo in front of the NSF logo on one of the vessel's outside walls.
We are all fans of the National Science Foundation
Fish are laid across a table, a couple poses behind the table smiling. Behind them are red structures of the Sikuliaq. The sky appears dark
Showing off the catch from the night
Meat and bones from the deer are laid across a table. At the further end of the table stands a group of four huddled around the meat's source, sectioning parts out. They are on the ship's deck. The sky is grey and foggy.
Preparing the parts from a hunt that took place earlier in the day.
Someone is holding a wet, limp octopus above a bucket. Behind them is a field of brush, the sky is blue and cloudy.
A member of the Sikuliaq crew interrogating an octopus
Three people stand in for a selfie, wearing bright orange dry-suits. A polar bear toy is sitting between two of them. They are inside one of the ship's rooms.
Nanook is here briefing the dive crew on their next job.
Four people standing together for a group photo. They have seal-shaped cuttouts on their shirts. They are in a room of the research vessel.
Not the Navy Seals, but the Sikuliaq Seals
Fuzzy antlers poke out of tall grass near the camera. Further away, is a group of four huddled around each other. A small vehichle can be seen through the space between the antlers. The sky is foggy with very low cloud coverage.
Fawning over foggy mornings
A metal motorboat is moving towards the camera with three people on it. Behind them is the Sikuliaq. Both are on calm, blue waters. The sky is clear and blue.
The Sikulilaq crew coming to pick up the camera person after leaving them on a deserted island
A group of people are standing in a gym dancing
It’s always special to be included with the local communities we meet
The whole Sikuliaq vessel is visible. The back end of the vessel is closer to the camera. The vessel's name can be seen, as well as the UAF logo above the enterance way of the ship's interior. The ship is sitting on calm ocean waters, there is a dock behind the vessel. The background shows snowcapped mountains and blue cloudy skies.
Another really nice photo of the Sikuliaq
A small group of people stand around coring tubes on the ship's deck. The sky is blue with minimal cloud coverage.
Jess (in the green hat) is talking to the group about the coring samples they’ve collected
Three people stand next to a table with opened core samples. Beind them is some machinery. They are indoors.
Seafloor analysis is a core part of the crew’s research
Some of the crew sits around the table focusing on some of the crafts that sit in front of them. The table is covered in seal skins and crafting tools. They are inside a room of the ship.
A whittle bit of work goes a long way
Four people standing on a gravel beach. One of them is sitting on an ATV. The sun is reflecting off a calm ocean. The sky is clear and there is a hill in the background.
Either out there looking at cool rocks or cool formations
Some of the crew sits and stands around a wooden table that is covered in seal skins and crafting tools. They are inside a room of the ship.
Arts and crafts, but make it Arctic
The front of the Sikuliaq vessel is poking out behing a small building. Closer to the camera is a sign showing the UAF logo. The background shows mountains and a little water from the ocean.
A really nice photo someone got of the Sikuliaq
Five people stand close together, posing for a group photo. They are standing on the vessel's deck. Behind them is some large red machinery and the ship's railing. The background shows calm waters and foggy skies.
A crew that poses together goes together
Two people stand around a core tube, beside them is a pile of core tubes. They are standing on the ship's deck. The sky is grey and overcast
Some of the crew getting a core sample ready for observation
Three people are standing and sitting around screens showing varioius ocean surface and sea floor monitoring graphs. They are inside of a room on the ship.
Some of the crew taking a look at the sea monitoring data.
Chris stands in front of large television screens showing graphs the ship's trails and seafloor monitoring. To the left of the image a polar bear toy sits on a desk, to the right of the image sits someone with bright pink hair.
Chris stands posing for the camera person while a crew member keeps their eye on the graphs and Nanook supervises
Someone with bright pink hair holds a very comfortable puppy that is nuzzeled against their chest. They stand on gravely ground and the wall of a blue house is in the background.
The dog ambassador doing their thing with the local puppy population
Two people stand leaning against some of the ship's railing looking down towards the camera. Behind them is one of the vessel's walls and stairs going up a level. Above their heads is the number sixty-nine and some netting
Nice
On a table, various flowering plants sit in a blue plastic tub with a sticky note on the side that says "Feel free to add your knowledge!! Thank you - Qagaasakung". Next to the plastic tub is a book titled "Alaska's Wild Plants" by Janice J. Schofield, as well as a small posterboard that says "Plants of the Aleutian Islands" with photos and plant facts written on it.
The crew sharing knowledge about some of Alaska’s native plants
Sarah sits in front of a screen showing graphs that measure the shape of the seafloor. To the right of the image, a group of people looks in her direction listening to her talk. They are inside a room with a lot of monitors
Sarah is explaining to the crew what the monitor is telling her about the sea floor
Three people stand in a small group, looking towards the camera and smiling. They are standing on the ship's deck. Behind them is the ship's railing and the background shows teal ocean water and a greyish-blue overcast sky
Some of the crew members catching up by the metaphorical cooler
The crew stands huddled together for a group photo. They are on the ship's deck. Behind them is some large red machinery and the ocean. The waters appear calm and the sky is overcast with low clouds.
The Sikuliaq crew huddling together for a group photo
A polar bear toy sits on top of a buoy next to blue rope on a wooden crate. The background shows the Sikuliaq deck, the water shows movement from the ship's engines. The sky is grey.
Nanook here giving the crew a run down on how to track the buoys they are about to deploy
A polar bear toy sits on some of the research vessel's controllers. Beyond the deck the ocean appears grey with an overcast sky.
Nanook is instructing the crew on how to operate some of the Sikuliaq’s machinery
Five people stand on the ship's deck wearing life jackets and smiling towards the camera. Behind them is the doorway towards the ship's interior with the UAF logo above the door. To the left of the group of five, there is a large spool of blue rope, metal grating with someone looking through the grating, and a motorboat stored above the grating and spool. To the right of the group, there are a bunch of plastic coring tubes, some machinery, and the ocean beyond the ship's railing, with a grey overcast sky.
This group smiles while they are being watched.
A group of people stand around two plastic bins full of large fish. They are on the deck of the ship. Behind them is a dock, a rocky beach and mountains covered in brush.
An awesome haul for the day!
Four people sit on a small boat, smiling at the camera. They are approaching a rocky, grassy hill. The water appears calm and blue and the sky is a clear, deep blue
The Sikuliaq crew is shoving off in search for treasure
Someone sits in front of the ships controls, they are wearing sunglasses and smiling at the camera. Out the window you can see the boat's railing, the water is smooth and turquoise. A sliver of land is visible beyond the water
The Cap’n smiles, knowing the bounty that waits for them beyond the horizon
Someone stands next to a table with a fileted fish. They are holding a filet knife and standing on the ship deck. The sky is bright and partially cloudy.
A crew member helping to filet the catch of the day
Four people sit on a small boat. The waters are calm behind them, there are a few mountains, and the sky is cloudy with some blue holes poking through the clouds
All in a hard day’s work
Two people sit next to each other wearing orange life vests and blue hard hats. They are sitting infront of a window that looks into a mechanical part of the ship's interior.
Safety first
A landscape showing a road and some houses situated next to a calm beach. In the bay's water sits the Sikuliaq. The bay is surrounded by green mountains and the sky is half blue half cloudy.
We are very fortunate to work in an area that is just as beatiful in the summer as it is in the winter.
The crew standing together for a group photo on the ship's deck. The ship's railing is behind the group. The background shows a blue ocean and partially cloudy sky.
The crew here showing us how to show the state of Alaska with your hand.
Close to the camera are two people standing on a moving boat, the wind is moving their hair. Behind them is a wake from the boat's movement, further back is another boat, and behind the boat are green mountains with a little snow.
Nothing like zooming on a boat with amazing views
A person stands behind a metal grate with their fingers grabing onto some of the grating, behind them is a shipping container with a motorboat resting on top of it.
JAIL!
Someone stands on a boat and leans against the control room. Behind them is smooth waters, some green hills, and an overcast sky
A Sikuliaq crew member thinking about the treasure he’s going to dig out of the spot that’s marked with an “x”
Two people are standing in the control room of a boat. One of them is closer to the camera and smiling for a selfie. The other person is sitting at the ship's wheel with their hands on the wheel and a lever. Outside the foggy window is calm waters and a little bit of grassy hills
First mate taking a selfie with the Cap’n
Three people are standing on a boat. There is water splashing behind them, a mountain is in the background and the sky is cloudy with holes of blue poking through the clouds.
POV: you are a fish that was just caught and you’re looking at the people who caught you
Three people are wearing orange dry-suits for scuba diving. Two of them stand next to each other in a power stance. They're all smiling. They are inside of one of the ship's rooms.
Some of the crew posing for a photo before they get thrown into the icy water in their dry-suits.
Four people stand in various poses next to two parked ATV's. They stand on a gravel beach. Behind them is a calm ocean. The water is deep blue and the sky is clear.
The coolest people in the Sikuliaq crew decided to pose for a quick photo op
Four people stand around a incapacitated deer. They are in the middle of a grassy field with thick, grey fog.
Inspecting a fresh kill during a quick hunting break
Jess sits in front of controllers for a remote submersible touching some of the controllers and looking at the video being displayed from the remote submersible. The controllers look like a laptop, but instead of a keyboard it has a few buttons, knobs and switches.
“The best part of the job is definitely being able to study the sea floor” -Ashley Brant (aka, the person writing the alt text and captions for the photos)
The crew stands together for a group photo in front of the NSF logo on one of the vessel's outside walls.
We are all fans of the National Science Foundation
Fish are laid across a table, a couple poses behind the table smiling. Behind them are red structures of the Sikuliaq. The sky appears dark
Showing off the catch from the night
Meat and bones from the deer are laid across a table. At the further end of the table stands a group of four huddled around the meat's source, sectioning parts out. They are on the ship's deck. The sky is grey and foggy.
Preparing the parts from a hunt that took place earlier in the day.
Someone is holding a wet, limp octopus above a bucket. Behind them is a field of brush, the sky is blue and cloudy.
A member of the Sikuliaq crew interrogating an octopus
Three people stand in for a selfie, wearing bright orange dry-suits. A polar bear toy is sitting between two of them. They are inside one of the ship's rooms.
Nanook is here briefing the dive crew on their next job.
Four people standing together for a group photo. They have seal-shaped cuttouts on their shirts. They are in a room of the research vessel.
Not the Navy Seals, but the Sikuliaq Seals
Fuzzy antlers poke out of tall grass near the camera. Further away, is a group of four huddled around each other. A small vehichle can be seen through the space between the antlers. The sky is foggy with very low cloud coverage.
Fawning over foggy mornings
A metal motorboat is moving towards the camera with three people on it. Behind them is the Sikuliaq. Both are on calm, blue waters. The sky is clear and blue.
The Sikulilaq crew coming to pick up the camera person after leaving them on a deserted island
A group of people are standing in a gym dancing
It’s always special to be included with the local communities we meet
The whole Sikuliaq vessel is visible. The back end of the vessel is closer to the camera. The vessel's name can be seen, as well as the UAF logo above the enterance way of the ship's interior. The ship is sitting on calm ocean waters, there is a dock behind the vessel. The background shows snowcapped mountains and blue cloudy skies.
Another really nice photo of the Sikuliaq
A small group of people stand around coring tubes on the ship's deck. The sky is blue with minimal cloud coverage.
Jess (in the green hat) is talking to the group about the coring samples they’ve collected
Three people stand next to a table with opened core samples. Beind them is some machinery. They are indoors.
Seafloor analysis is a core part of the crew’s research
Some of the crew sits around the table focusing on some of the crafts that sit in front of them. The table is covered in seal skins and crafting tools. They are inside a room of the ship.
A whittle bit of work goes a long way
Four people standing on a gravel beach. One of them is sitting on an ATV. The sun is reflecting off a calm ocean. The sky is clear and there is a hill in the background.
Either out there looking at cool rocks or cool formations
Some of the crew sits and stands around a wooden table that is covered in seal skins and crafting tools. They are inside a room of the ship.
Arts and crafts, but make it Arctic
The front of the Sikuliaq vessel is poking out behing a small building. Closer to the camera is a sign showing the UAF logo. The background shows mountains and a little water from the ocean.
A really nice photo someone got of the Sikuliaq
Five people stand close together, posing for a group photo. They are standing on the vessel's deck. Behind them is some large red machinery and the ship's railing. The background shows calm waters and foggy skies.
A crew that poses together goes together
Two people stand around a core tube, beside them is a pile of core tubes. They are standing on the ship's deck. The sky is grey and overcast
Some of the crew getting a core sample ready for observation
Three people are standing and sitting around screens showing varioius ocean surface and sea floor monitoring graphs. They are inside of a room on the ship.
Some of the crew taking a look at the sea monitoring data.
Chris stands in front of large television screens showing graphs the ship's trails and seafloor monitoring. To the left of the image a polar bear toy sits on a desk, to the right of the image sits someone with bright pink hair.
Chris stands posing for the camera person while a crew member keeps their eye on the graphs and Nanook supervises
Someone with bright pink hair holds a very comfortable puppy that is nuzzeled against their chest. They stand on gravely ground and the wall of a blue house is in the background.
The dog ambassador doing their thing with the local puppy population
Two people stand leaning against some of the ship's railing looking down towards the camera. Behind them is one of the vessel's walls and stairs going up a level. Above their heads is the number sixty-nine and some netting
Nice
On a table, various flowering plants sit in a blue plastic tub with a sticky note on the side that says "Feel free to add your knowledge!! Thank you - Qagaasakung". Next to the plastic tub is a book titled "Alaska's Wild Plants" by Janice J. Schofield, as well as a small posterboard that says "Plants of the Aleutian Islands" with photos and plant facts written on it.
The crew sharing knowledge about some of Alaska’s native plants
Sarah sits in front of a screen showing graphs that measure the shape of the seafloor. To the right of the image, a group of people looks in her direction listening to her talk. They are inside a room with a lot of monitors
Sarah is explaining to the crew what the monitor is telling her about the sea floor
Three people stand in a small group, looking towards the camera and smiling. They are standing on the ship's deck. Behind them is the ship's railing and the background shows teal ocean water and a greyish-blue overcast sky
Some of the crew members catching up by the metaphorical cooler
The crew stands huddled together for a group photo. They are on the ship's deck. Behind them is some large red machinery and the ocean. The waters appear calm and the sky is overcast with low clouds.
The Sikuliaq crew huddling together for a group photo
A polar bear toy sits on top of a buoy next to blue rope on a wooden crate. The background shows the Sikuliaq deck, the water shows movement from the ship's engines. The sky is grey.
Nanook here giving the crew a run down on how to track the buoys they are about to deploy
A polar bear toy sits on some of the research vessel's controllers. Beyond the deck the ocean appears grey with an overcast sky.
Nanook is instructing the crew on how to operate some of the Sikuliaq’s machinery
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