2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station By Lucas Jackson

Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson was invited to the 2011 Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station, a temporary camp built out of plywood on Arctic sea ice. Far north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the camp housed a couple dozen members of the British, Canadian, and U.S. navies and employees of the Applied Physics Laboratory. Jackson spent two days at the camp, watching its residents conduct tests on underwater and under-ice communications and sonar technologies. He kept his camera equipment warm and functional with chemical hand warmers whenever possible.
Lucas Jackson is based in New York and primarily cover entertainment with a bit of news and sport. He grew up in New Mexico and went to college in Portland, Oregon, before moving to California and working on fishing boats in Alaska to finance his beginnings as a photographer. Some of the bigger stories he has covered are the Michael Jackson trial, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, four Oscar award shows, four Sundance Festivals, and Iceland's volcanic eruption. He received Photographer of the Year award, an honorable mention in the sports feature category.