Gallery: Project = North Slope SNOWNET 2012

Project or Expedition

NSIDC’s Mark Serreze on the tundra near the Brooks mountain range during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34031">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

NSIDC’s Mark Serreze on the tundra near the Brooks mountain range during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

A view of the Brooks mountain range on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34032">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

A view of the Brooks mountain range on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and NSIDC’s Drew Slater discussing sampling strategy on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34033">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and NSIDC’s Drew Slater discussing sampling strategy on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

A sled of equipment awaits the team outside the silver bullet shelter on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34034">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

A sled of equipment awaits the team outside the silver bullet shelter on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

NSIDC graduate student Allison Hurley sampling snow depth on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34035">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

NSIDC graduate student Allison Hurley sampling snow depth on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service takes snow samples on the tundra near the Brooks mountain range during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34036">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service takes snow samples on the tundra near the Brooks mountain range during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service examining depthoar crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34037">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service examining depthoar crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

CRREL’s Matt Sturm and team examining snow crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34038">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

CRREL’s Matt Sturm and team examining snow crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service with a fully loaded sled of equipment on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34039">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service with a fully loaded sled of equipment on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) examining snowpack stratigraphy in a snow pit on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 Snownet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34040">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) examining snowpack stratigraphy in a snow pit on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 Snownet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

NSIDC Drew Slater and team examining snow crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34041">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

NSIDC Drew Slater and team examining snow crystals on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 SnowNet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service and Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) examining snow crystals in a snow pit on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 Snownet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (<a href="/cryosphere/gallery/photo/34042">View photo detail.</a>) <br>

Kelley Elder of the U.S. Forest Service and Matt Sturm of the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) examining snow crystals in a snow pit on the northern slope of Alaska during the 2012 Snownet expedition. --Credit: NSIDC, Mark Serreze (View photo detail.)