Team members on the RV Norseman II
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From left: Joshua Carpenter (USGS volunteer), William Beatty (USGS research wildlife biologist), Caroline Cummings (USGS volunteer), Amanda Herbert (USGS biological science technician), and Ami Everett (USGS biological science technician) conducting Pacific walrus age structure surveys from the RV Norseman II. The team observed walruses hauled-out on sea ice and assigned each animal in a group to an age/sex category according to published criteria. USFWS Permit No. 33776D. Photo credit: Irina Trukhanova, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain.
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Photo credit: Irina Trukhanova, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain. Permission via email to use FWS photo taken by Irina Trukhanova, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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