ITP30 Overview

Deployment Location: 8/12/2008, 16:00 UTC at 75° 54.6’N, 140° 36.9’W

Last Location: 4/28/2009, 23:00 UTC at 75° 59.4’ N, 156°26.4’ W

Duration: 259 days

Distance Traveled: 2886 km

Number of profiles: 9 in 4 days

Other instruments: SIMBA-A

ITP 30 was deployed on a 2.4 m thick ice floe in the Beaufort Sea as part of the Beaufort Gyre Observing System (BGOS) during the JOIS 2008 cruise on the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent. On the same icefloe, a Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) Ice Mass Balance Array (SIMBA A) was also installed. The ITP was configured with a FSI EMCTD and operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.

ITP 30 surface package sits atop the ice shortly after deployment with the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent away in the distance.

On a beautiful summer day in the Beaufort Sea, ITP 30 surface package sits atop the ice shortly after deployment with the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent away in the distance. (Photo by Rick Krishfield)