ITP37 Deployment Operations
After heading as far north and west as allowed by the NABOS cruise track and Russian territorial waters, ice conditions dictated that ITP 37 be deployed anchor first over-the-side of the vessel in open water (like the deployment of ITP 36 on the previous day). The deployment procedures were the same as the other ITP, and the system was successfully deployed in the morning after a short streamlined operation.
The ITP profiler sits on the bottom bumper during the over-the-side deployment.
Several wraps around the ship’s winch ensures added safety that the 790 m mooring wire spools out under control.
After all of the bare wire rope is deployed, the upper 5 m potted section is unwrapped from the ITP winch.
John Kemp and Jeff Pietro assemble the final connections of the tether through the buoy collar to the surface package electronics.
Suspended by the quick release apparatus, the completely assembled ITP mooring is lowered outboard of the ship and released into the water.