ITP49 Deployment Operations

ITP 49 was the third ITP deployed from the Polarstern during the ARK-XXVI/3 expedition.  Poor weather prevented the use of the helicopter, so the instrument and equipment were craned over the side, and the gangplank was lowered so that the deployment team could deploy the buoy away from the ship on a 2 m thick ice floe that was slightly bumpy, with melt ponds and a ridge nearby.  More than 3.5 m thick ice was only about 20 m away from the ITP site. The wind (chill) was quite strong during parts of the deployment. All inductive modem tests (near beginning of deployment and at the end) were successful.  No photos were obtained during the operation.