ITP 70 Deployment operations

The second and largest Ice-Based Observatory (IBO) deployed during JOIS 2013, included ITP 70 with a MAVs prototype current probe. In addition, five other buoys were deployed on the same floe while other scientists obtained detailed ice surveys, core samples, and made other measurements providing a detailed description of the initial conditions at the site. Due to weather, helicopter maintenance, and the total number of systems, the operations took nearly 12 hours to complete.

More information and photos on the deployment operations are also available at: https://archives.whoi.edu/beaufortgyre/www.whoi.edu/page.do@pid=125016.html