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ITP 86 Overview

Deployment Location: 8/15/2014, 2:39 UTC at 76° 45.6 N 148° 53.6 W

Last Location: 4/10/2016, 17:02 UTC at 73° 42.3’ N, 168° 36.9’ E

Duration: 605 days

Distance Travelled: 7131 km

Number of profiles: 754 in 375 days

Other instruments: none

ITP86 was deployed on a 1.65 m icefloe in the Beaufort Sea on August 15, 2014 from the Korean Research vessel Araon . The ITP operated on a typical sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.

Jeff Pietro poses with ITP 86 as deployed with Araon and helicopter in background. (Photo be Craig Lee)
Jeff Pietro poses with ITP 86 as deployed with Araon and helicopter in background. (Photo be Craig Lee)
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