MIZOPEX Project (IMAGE) University of Colorado at Boulder Caption CU-Boulder Research Professor James Maslanik, left, is shown here with CU-Boulder graduate student Ian Crocker, center, and NOAA researcher John Adler, right, with two small unmanned aircraft. Maslanik is heading up the NASA-funded MIZOPEX project to study declining sea ice in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska. Crocker and Adler are MIZOPEX team members. Credit University of Colorado Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.