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Master Mariner Jyri Viljanen, 56, captain of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica stands for a portrait in the ship's bridge as it sails north in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Viljanen has been going to sea for 39 years and this will be his first transit through the Arctic's Northwest Passage. "It's once a lifetime," said Viljanen. "The biggest risk is these are very remote areas so if anything happens it's very difficult to get any help or rescue or anything." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Researcher Daria Gritsenko, 30, of the University of Helsinki, sits for a portrait in her cabin aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as the ship sails north in the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, Thursday, July 13, 2017. She is hoping to learn more about the Northwest Passage to aid her work in energy development in the Arctic. Although this will be her first transit through the passage, she has been to Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic. "I love the Arctic. It's such a powerful nature that I felt so little in comparison," she said. "It makes you realize how much of dust you are on this planet. It's very intimidating but I felt very calm inside." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this May 20, 2012, file photo, the annular solar eclipse is seen as the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains from downtown Denver. The solar eclipse that is cutting a diagonal path across the U.S. next month is a boon for Missouri tourism. Some towns will have more visitors than residents on Aug. 21, 2017. Hotels and campsites are sold out as some communities are preparing for unparalleled numbers of visitors, all to observe about two minutes of near-darkness at the height of the day. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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The new entrance sign for Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska features a relief carving of a caribou by Fairbanks, Alaska, artist Marianne Stolz, is viewed Thursday, July 13, 2017. Stolz's history as a wood carver dates back to her hometown of Freiburg, in Germany's Black Forest. (Kris Capps/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
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Ancient columns lie on the ground following an earthquake at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Culture ministry employees inspect the damage of a mosque at the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Tourist sleep on sun beds at a beach of the Greek island of Kos, on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A boy on a bicycle looks on in front of a damaged mosque following an earthquake in the Mediterranean island of Kos, Greece, Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A woman walks in front of the damaged facade of Agios Nikolaos church following an earthquake in Kos island, Greece, Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks past a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A crack is seen on the ground as a man walks in front of a Greek flag at the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks past a car crushed under rubble near the port of the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Hundreds of residents and tourists on the eastern Greek island of Kos spent the night sleeping outdoors, on beach lounge-chairs, in parks and olive groves or in their cars, a night after a powerful earthquake killed two tourists and injured nearly 500 others across the Aegean Sea region, in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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British tourists sleep on sun beds of a hotel following an earthquake in the Mediterranean island of Kos, Greece, late Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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People sleep on the ground following an earthquake in the Mediterranean island of Kos, Greece, late Friday, July 21, 2017. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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People sleep at a playground early Saturday, July 22, 2017 following an earthquake in the Mediterranean island of Kos, Greece. Causing panic but little serious damage, a powerful earthquake shook Friday vacation resorts in Greece and Turkey, hurting nearly 500 people and killing two tourists who were crushed when a building collapsed on a popular bar in the Greek island of Kos.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Bette Zirkelbach of the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital nudges "Argus," a juvenile green sea turtle, into the Atlantic Ocean Friday, July 21, 2017, in Marathon, Fla. The rehabilitated turtle is one of 20 satellite-tagged reptiles that are to be tracked online during the Tour de Turtles, a three-month race beginning Aug. 1, organized by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. (Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, a woman speaks to U.N. peacekeepers during a food distribution at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12. Top U.N. official for Haiti, Sandra Honore, said on Thursday, July 20, 2017 peacekeepers have accomplished their mission of stabilizing the Western hemisphere's poorest nation. Honore said Haiti today "is far different" than it was in 2004, when the U.N. deployed peacekeeping troops following a rebellion that left the country on the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
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FILE - This July 4, 2017 file photo, distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea. Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile threat from North Korea. The state's Emergency Management Agency on Friday, July 21, 2017 announced a public education campaign. Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi says because it would take a missile about 15 minutes to arrive, there won't be much time to prepare. He says that's why instructions are simple: "Get inside, stay inside and stay tuned." (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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Jeffrey Wong, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency's current operations officer, shows computer screens monitoring hazards at the agency's headquarters in Honolulu on Friday, July 21, 2017. Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi, left, and Toby Clairmont, the agency's executive officer, discuss a new public education campaign about the missile threat from North Korea in Honolulu on Friday, July 21, 2017. Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
