ITP 111 Overview
Deployment Location: 9/22/2019, 20:00 UTC at 78° 59.7’ N, 150° 8.4’ W
Recovered Location: 9/9/2021, 16:01 UTC at 74° 11.7’ N, 135° 25.1’ W
Duration: 718 days
Distance Travelled: 7330 km
Number of profiles: 318 in 159 days
Other instruments: none
ITP112 was deployed on a 0.7 m thick ice floe in the Beaufort Sea on September 22, 2019 as part of the Beaufort Gyre Observing System (BGOS) during the JOIS 2019 cruise on the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent. The ITP operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.
Two years later, the ITP was completely recovered during JOIS 2021.
Recovery
ITP 112 as deployed from the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent during JOIS 2019. (Photo by Gary Morgan)