Ramp down with NOAA buoy drop package, passing over North Star oil production facility
Originally uploaded by uscgpress
The Team departed Eilson AFB just outside Fairbanks this morning in a Coast Guard C-130. We followed the Yukon River east to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and turned north. At the production facilities in Prudhoe Bay we turned west and followed the coastline. I took this photo from the ramp of the C-130 as we passed over North Star, a man made island and oil production facility. We then headed offshore and found the ice edge where the crew demonstrated the sensor capabilities of the CASPER system to our Team. Enroute Barrow we dropped to about 400 feet and deployed an air droppable NOAA buoy. The sortie ended at Barrow. Additional photos on Flickr. More to follow ...
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