BIOLOGIST KIRK SATO EXAMINES SPECIMEN TAKEN FROM BERING SEAFLOOR

Published August 17, 2012 at 652 × 837 in Truck-sized jellyfish and submarine dives
Coral pink brittle star

Coral pink brittle star

USA ALASKA BERING SEA 16JUL12 – Kirk Sato of the USA, biologist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography examines samples taken from the seafloor in the Pribilof Canyon by a submersible craft, on loan from the Waitt Institute.

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is on an Arctic expedition to study unexplored ocean habitats in the Bering and Chukchi Seas threatened by offshore oil drilling, as well as industrial fishing fleets.

Photo by Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

© Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

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