ITP 81 Overview

Deployment Location: 8/16/2014, 04:07 UTC at 79° 56.2 N, 158° 38.2 W

Last Location: 9/7/2015, 23:01 UTC at 75° 48.7’ N, 135° 17.2’ W

Duration: 388 days

Distance Travelled: 2668 km

Number of profiles: 671 in 335 days

Other instruments: AMS, IMB

ITP81 was deployed on a 1.6 m thick icefloe in the north Beaufort Gyre on August 18, 2014 from the R/V Xuelong (Snow Dragon) as part of the CHINARE 2014 Expedition. The ITP is operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.