USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Employees at Work

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Employees at Work http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Western Fisheries Research Center Founder ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_08_2013_qVMx50Bon3_05_08_2013_0 WFRC founder Dr. Frederic Fish in 1934.

From "Seventy Five Years of Science: The Story of the Western Fisheries Research Center, 1935-2010," by Gary Wedemeyer.

]]> <![CDATA[Western Fisheries Research Center Staff]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_08_2013_qVMx50Bon3_05_08_2013_1 Photo circa 1965-66 of the Western Fisheries Research Center staff by Center Director Robert R. Rucker, pictured second from left, using the lab's camera. The camera had a self-timer -- a high-tech feature in those days -- and Dr. Rucker set it and ran back to the group so he would be in the picture too. Others, from left: Tom Parisot, virologist; Rucker; Nell Nichols, clerk/typist; Don Amend, virology; Norma Busby, histology; Gary Wedemeyer, field representative, Fish Pesticide Research Laboratory, Denver, Colorado; Wm. T. Yasutake, histopathology; A. John Ross, bacteriology; G. Wm. Klontz, immunology; Reg. Morgan, fish culturist; Gail Dryer, office manager; Doug Anderson, immunology; Jan Martin, bacteriology. From "Seventy Five Years of Science: The Story of the Western Fisheries Research Center, 1935-2010," by Gary Wedemeyer.

]]> <![CDATA[Map Sales and Publications Office]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2013_aeu2XKj87R_05_01_2013_0 This is the Menlo Park, Calif. Map Sales Office located on the USGS campus. The Sales Office is managed by the California Geological Survey. USGS staffs one person each day in that office to answer calls and assist any customers needing information pretaining to USGS services and publications. Pictured is Christy Ryan, USGS, and Richard Adrianowicz, California Geological Survey.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Menlo Park CA Western Regional Library]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_01_2013_x16Fv32UUp_05_01_2013_0 Joseph Langdon, Chief Librarian Menlo Park, Calif., USGS Western Regional Library, maintaining the Circulation Desk, assisting a client for library information. Joseph has a staff of seven library personnel, which respond by media methods for lending and borrowing publications, scanning articles for requests for science information published by USGS, and world science organizations.

]]> <![CDATA[Science Information Services Staff Menlo Park California]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_22_2013_swn8Qdc55K_04_22_2013_0 Gloria Kirton, Christy Ryan, are two of five staff members of the Science Information Services Group in Menlo Park, California. They are staff members of the front line services to the USGS, and to the public, communicating by telephone, email, text chat, walk in customer assistance, and other media methods. Most inquiries coming to USGS will most likely come through SIS Menlo Park, Calif., for the Western Region.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Scientist Erin Orozco ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_01_2013_y17Gxk3WVq_04_01_2013_0 USGS scientist Erin Orozco working on Lake Mead.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS scientist Erin Orozco ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_01_2013_y17Gxk3WVq_04_01_2013_1 USGS scientist Erin Orozco taking data on Lake Mead.

]]> <![CDATA[Pietz Receives Two Lifetime Honors for Wildlife Research]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_25_2013_yeu2Xkj87Q_03_25_2013_0 Dr. Pamela Pietz, a research wildlife biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, was recently granted the U.S. Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award—the second highest award for a DOI career employee—and elected Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), one of the oldest and largest organizations in the world devoted to the scientific study of birds.

]]> <![CDATA[Euliss Receives Meritorious Service Award]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_25_2013_xcs1VJi77P_03_25_2013_0 Dr. Ned H. Euliss, Jr., research wildlife biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, was recently granted the U.S. Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award—the second highest award for a DOI career employee—for his contributions to ecological science.

]]> <![CDATA[Collecting Sediment Samples]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_g3Bn165ed8_11_13_2012_0 USGS employee Anthony Lopez views the Atlantic City skyline while collecting sediment samples in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway Township, NJ.

]]> <![CDATA[Sediment Sampling]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2012_g3Bn165ed8_11_13_2012_1 USGS employee Anthony Lopez enjoys the boat ride back to port after a long day of sampling sediment in the Barnegat Bay near Seaside Heights, NJ.

]]> <![CDATA[Zebra Finch]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_26_2012_c28Jb44AYu_09_26_2012_0 Erik Hofmeister, NWHC veterinarian and research scientist, holds a zebra finch, a species which serves as a laboratory model for study of avian diseases.

]]> <![CDATA[Jill Rolland Director Western Fisheries Research Center]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_17_2012_bFVh84Kxx6_09_17_2012_0

Dr. Jill Rolland is Center Director of the Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Scientist Susan Hall at McClean Lake Mine]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2012_qVLx5CBon3_09_10_2012_0 USGS scientist Susan Hall, seen here at the McClean Lake Mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, was just elected chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – Nuclear Energy Agency/International Atomic Energy Agency's Uranium Group.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Scientist Susan Hall at a 2009 IAEA Uranium Group Meeting]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/09_10_2012_qVLx5CBon3_09_10_2012_1 Susan Hall, seen here at an IAEA Uranium Group Meeting as a co-representative of the United States, is a lead Uranium resource scientist at USGS, who specializes in identification and genesis of uranium deposits; estimation of uranium resources in the United States; and issues related to extraction, utilization, and ecosystem health related to uranium mining.

]]> <![CDATA[Arctic Ocean, Extended Continental Shelf Surveys, 2008-2011, USGS and GSC]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_0 This set of photos provides selected image of two icebreakers working together in the Arctic Ocean. All images were taken from aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Louis S. St-Laurent (Louis), from which science crew from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Hydrographic Servie, and a U.S. liaison from USGS) were responsible for the multichannel seismic operations. United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Healy (Healy) is the ship pictured in many of the photos and collected multibeam echosounder data while also breaking ice for Louis.

]]> <![CDATA[Jon Childs (USGS) and Capt. Marc Rothwell (CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent) Inside the Helicopter Hangar ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_2 September, 2008. Jon Childs was Chief Scientist aboard USCGC Healy. Crew exchanges between the two ice breakers were part of the joint program. Most exchanges were for several hours.

[This set of photos provides selected image of two icebreakers working together in the Arctic Ocean. All images were taken from aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Louis S. St-Laurent (Louis), from which science crew from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Hydrographic Servie, and a U.S. liaison from USGS) were responsible for the multichannel seismic operations. United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Healy (Healy) is the ship pictured in many of the photos and collected multibeam echosounder data while also breaking ice for Louis].

]]> <![CDATA[Multichannel Seismic Streamer Repair on the Helo Deck]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_3 The streamer is flaked out on the deck with a make shift workbench for tools. The technical staff (Geological Survey of Canada) are sharing a lighter moment during trouble shooting and repair aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. Adequate space for repair of the 100-m long system is not available in heated interior spaces. Being able to repair equipment outdoors in freezing and below-freezing temperatures is part of the challenge of doing field work in the Arctic.

]]> <![CDATA[Science Crew Aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_4 Science crew ran the multichannel seismic equipment, sonobuoy refraction equipment, navigation, marine mammal observations program, and incidental science studies. Dr. Deborah Hutchinson (USGS liaison aboard the Canadian icebreaker) is 7^th from the right. Dr. David Mosher, Chief Scientist aboard Louis is 10^th from the right.

]]> <![CDATA[Night Recovery of the Multichannel Seismic System Aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_5 Looking astern, the airgun sled is in its cradle in the center of the photo. The crew are manually recovering the multichannel streamer and beginning the large figure-8 shape of coiling it on deck. Work at sea occurs 24 hours a day. In late September, there is ~12 hours of night, resulting in gear recovery at night. This was final recovery of gear at the end of the cruise. The streamer is manually recovered by hand because it is faster than winch recovery and therefore less likely to get tangled in ice floes. It is transferred to the large winch drum for storage after recovery. A large red tent with a heater covers the second airgun sled and keeps hose and gun temperatures above freezing and ready for deployment when needed.

]]> <![CDATA[Canadian Flag Frozen, CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_6 Fog is common near open-water leads in the Arctic Ocean, and leaves ice everywhere aboard the ship. A clear blue sky is a bright background to show the thick ice left after the fog lifted.

]]> <![CDATA[USCGC Healy, Circling and Passing by the Stern of CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_7 USCG Healy is circling to pass CCGS Louis in order to break her free from the ice. The joint field program utilized two icebreakers so that the seismic vessel, with gear in the water behind the ship, could be broken free when the ice prevented her forward progress. A ship towing gear has limited maneuverability, so a second ship to do the ice breaking saved hauling (and potentially damaging) gear whenever Louis was stuck. Healy generally broke the ice ahead of Louis to create a less ice-clogged path for Louis, but sometimes this did not prevent Louis from being stuck. Healy is here doing her job of breaking Louis free of the ice jam.

In ice conditions that were too severe for seismic data acquisition, the seismic gear was stowed aboard Louis and Louis broke ice ahead of Healy so that Healy could acquire high-quality multibeam bathymetry data.

]]> <![CDATA[Multichannel Seismic Airgun Sled being Deployed off CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_8 The airgun sled is painted orange and suspended from the A-frame. The three airguns are suspended beneath the sled. The multichannel digital streamer (yellow cable going into the water from the sled) is towed from the the weighted sled to keep it under the ice. This photo shows the number of crew required to safely deploy the airgun sled. This photo also shows USCGC Healy circling behind Louis in preparation for taking the lead and breaking a path through the ice for Louis.

]]> <![CDATA[USCGC Healy in Heavy Ice Passing CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_9 USCG Healy is circling to pass CCGS Louis in order to break her free from the ice. The joint field program utilized two icebreakers so that the seismic vessel, with gear in the water behind the ship, could be broken free when the ice prevented her forward progress. A ship towing gear has limited maneuverability, so a second ship to do the ice breaking saved hauling (and potentially damaging) gear whenever Louis was stuck. Healy generally broke the ice ahead of Louis to create a less ice-clogged path for Louis, but sometimes this did not prevent Louis from being stuck. Healy is here doing her job of breaking Louis free of the ice jam. In ice conditions that were too severe for seismic data acquisition, the seismic gear was stowed aboard Louis and Louis broke ice ahead of Healy so that Healy could acquire high-quality multibeam bathymetry data.

]]> <![CDATA[USGS Flag Flying on the Masthead of CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent near 880 N, Arctic Ocean]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_27_2012_n3Yl0ONb07_08_27_2012_10 Nice photo-opportunity of USGS working near the North Pole!

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