Images

African plated lizard underneath some plants on top of a rock.

Veiled chameleon is camouflauged in a plant.

This Giant Caribbean Anemone (Condylactis gigantea) tucked in between mangrove roots.

The moon hovers above the Arctic Ocean horizon Sept. 10, 2009.

Dr. Alex Andronikov, a geologist from the University of Michigan Department of Geological Science, and Kelley Brumley, a geologist from Stanford University, sort through rocks that were dredged from the Arctic Ocean floor Sept. 9, 2009, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy.The dredging is part of the U.S.

The sun hovers just above the Arctic Ocean horizon Sept. 9, 2009.

An ice floe in the Arctic Ocean resembles a slice of pie Sept. 9, 2009.

Science crew ran the multichannel seismic equipment, sonobuoy refraction equipment, navigation, marine mammal observations program, and incidental science studies.  Dr. Deborah Hutchinson (USGS liaison aboard the Canadian icebreaker) is 7^th from the right.  Dr. David Mosher, Chief Scientist aboard Louis is 10^th from the right.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent ties up to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent ties up to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent ties up to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent ties up to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the Arctic continental shelf.B

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent trails the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the two ships work their way farther north to research the floor of the Arctic Ocean Sept. 2, 2009.

The Souris River above Minot, ND

Frost forms on a stantion aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the ship operates in the western portion of the Arctic Ocean Sep. 1, 2009.

The sun shines through the bullnose of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy on the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1, 2009.

The sun dips below the horizon Sept. 1, 2009.

Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice ahead of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent Sep. 1, 2009. The two ships are taking part in a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the North American continental shelf.

The sun dips below the horizon Sept. 1, 2009.