ITP34
ITP34 Overview
Deployment Location: 10/10/2009, 21:00 UTC at 74° 35.0’N, 134° 45.5’W
Last Location: 8/7/2012, 21:02 UTC at 84° 56.8’ N, 66° 19.7’ W
Duration: 1032 days
Distance Traveled: 8064 km
Number of profiles: 824 in 411 days
Other instruments: none
ITP 34 was deployed on a 2.8 m thick ice floe in the Beaufort Sea as part of the Beaufort Gyre Observing System (BGOS) during the JOIS 2009 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.
ITP 34 alone on the floe shortly after deployment as viewed from the helicopter returning to the ship with the last passengers. (Rick Krishfield)