Journey to the Arctic station (17 photos)

REUTERS photographer Lucas Jackson (Lucas Jackson) went on one of the Arctic stations, located north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA. In the local camp, home to several dozen submariners of the naval forces of the USA, UK, Canada, and the Laboratory of Applied Physics. Photographer stayed there for only two days, but managed to capture a lot of beautiful shots from the life of polar explorers.



Equipment photographer


Top view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, laid down on the north of Alaska


Steam rises from the cracks in the ice


Buildings Arctic station Applied Physics Laboratory


Sunset over the Arctic ice


Scientist goes to snowmobiles by storage buildings made of plywood and residential tents


Freakish form ice, hiding under a water of the Arctic Ocean


Ice crystals


Small disk of the sun sets over the Arctic ice


Employees Arctic station Applied Physics Laboratory lunch in the cafeteria camp


Photographer Lucas Jackson shows his camera, which is covered with frost during shooting


American submariners on the bridge of the submarine type "Seawolf» USS Connecticut, which surfaced at the station


Keith Magness (Keith Magness) using a chainsaw cuts through the ice to get to the hatch of the submarine


Members of the delegation of the Congress and the United States Secretary of the Navy submarine visiting


Arctic ice at sunset


Photographer Lucas Jackson