ITP 109 Overview
Deployment Location: 9/20/2018, 18:42 UTC at 77° 34.0’ N, 145° 7.8’ W
Last Location: 8/2/2019, 01:04 UTC at 72° 16.8’ N, 147° 29.4’ W
Duration: 325 days
Distance Travelled: 3756 km
Number of profiles: 169 in 85 days
Other instruments: none
ITP109 was deployed on a 0.75 m ice floe in the Beaufort Sea on September 20, 2018 as part of the Beaufort Gyre Observing System (BGOS) during the JOIS 2018 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.
The following year, the surface package with severed potted section of tether was recovered from Spy Island, near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska by the RV Ukpik.
ITP 109 as deployed during JOIS 2018. (Photo by Rick Krishfield)
Recovered ITP 109 surface package. (Photo courtesy of Heather Ronek)