Deployment Gallery

We would like to thank the crew of the MV Bulk Xaymaca for deploying Argo floats for WHOI into the Yucatan Basin. The MV Bulk Xaymaca participates in the Science RoCS program. A special thanks to Captain Sonmez, Bosun Placio, AB Javier, AB Libo-on, OS Dulugan, and OS Macarayan.

MV Bulk Xaymaca - December 2025 - Science RoCS

Mike Wood (@mikebytheice) deploying an WHOI Argo float offshore of Greenland. This float will help scientists detect temperature changes in the ocean that could speed up glacier melt. Photographer: Jackie Weston (@Jax_loves_water).

Two Deep floats deployed on ONR-funded NEIL ARMSTRONG cruise AR94, "Advances in Seafloor Mapping and Sub-Bottom Profiling Systems: SBP29 Evaluation and Comparison with Other Sub-Bottom Profilers - East Coast, USA & Western Pacific" ONR award #N000-14-251-2228. Dan Orange, P.I.

Alex Kinsella (WHOI) and James Brice (MIT/WHOI) deploy Argo float 3902687 from the GNS Aflao, assisted by Isabella Franco (SIO) and Sara Goheen (SIO). Deployment of two Argo floats in the Gulf of Guinea was made possible by the Ocean Margins Initiative research cruises organized by Professor Edem Mahu at University of Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Navy, which provides the use of their vessel for research.

Aboard the RV Atlantic Explorer. Argo core float deployment on the Crossroads cruise. photographer: Ali Exley August, 2025

Aboard the RV Atlantic Explorer. BGC float deployment on the Crossroads cruise. photographer: Ali Exley August, 2025

Aboard the RV Atlantic Explorer. BGC float deployment on the Crossroads cruise. photographer: Ali ExleyAugust, 2025

Deployment from the TS Kennedy summer training cruise for Texas A&M and Maine Maritime Academy 1 of 3

Deployment from the TS Kennedy summer training cruise for Texas A&M and Maine Maritime Academy 2 of 3

Deployment from the TS Kennedy summer training cruise for Texas A&M and Maine Maritime Academy 3 of 3

photos from North Atlantic Porewater cruise 2024 on the Marcus G. Langseth three WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program

photos from North Atlantic Porewater cruise 2024 on the Marcus G. Langseth three WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program Photo by Larkin Bohn

photos from North Atlantic Porewater cruise 2024 on the Marcus G. Langseth three WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program Photo by April Abbott

photos from North Atlantic Porewater cruise 2024 on the Marcus G. Langseth three WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program. For more information about this float, go to: https://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/float/3902259

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program. For more information about this float check out: https://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/float/3902261

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program

photos from DY181 (Discovery) cruise 2024 on the Discovery four WHOI NAVIS BGC floats deployed for the GO-BGC project contributing to the Global Argo Program. For more information about this float, go to: https://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/float/3902259

GO-BGC adopt-a-float program. 'Data Diver' was named by Penn Alexander. This float was deployed on cruise A16N. More information can be found at: https://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/float/4903489

GO-BGC adopt-a-float program. 'Eagles in the Deep' was named by George Eisenhut Elementary. This float was deployed on cruise A16N. More information can be found at: http://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/float/4903486

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Students checking out a Core Argo float on the dock of Maine Maritime Academy

A Core Argo float on the dock of Maine Maritime Academy

Core Argo Floats getting ready for deployment in South Africa

in 2023 the Bulk Xaymaca deployed floats as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships.

on the bridge of the Bulk Xaymaca. The Bulk Xaymaca deployed floats as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships. 2023

in 2023 the Bulk Xaymaca deployed floats as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships.

A float being deployed from the Bulk Xaymaca as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships.

Getting ready to deploy an Argo float from the Bulk Xaymaca as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships.

A float being deployed from the Bulk Xaymaca as part of RoCS, Research on Commercial Ships.

Deployment prep on the deck of Atlantic Explorer

Research technician bringing a BGC float on deck pre-deployment

Port checkout before cruise. These Floats were deployed in the Indian Ocean on the Deep Madagascar Basin Cruise. R/V Roger Revelle Cape Town, South Africa