This photo was taken at the Arctic sea ice and melt ponds in the Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean. This was part of the Icescape mission terrain for the scientific work conducted by ICESCAPE scientists on July 4, 2010. Also the five-week field mission was dedicated to sampling. The bulk of the research took place in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean in summer of 2010 and fall of 2011.