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)