ITP 82 Overview

Deployment Location: 8/22/2014, 00:00 UTC at 81° 6.1 N, 157° 9.4 W

Last Location: 9/4/2016, 23:00 UTC at 79° 12.6’ N, 142° 59.7’ W

Duration: 745 days

Distance Travelled: 7667 km

Number of profiles: 2480 in 730 days

Other instruments: AMS, IMB

ITP82 was deployed on a 1.90 m thick icefloe in the north Beaufort Gyre on August 22, 2014 from the R/V Xuelong (Snow Dragon) as part of the CHINARE 2014 Expedition. The ITP is operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.