ITP 86 Deployment
ITP 86 was a bit rushed for deployment as the ship was down to one thruster and did not want to go into heavy ice so parked south of the ice and the Maritime Helicopters were used to locate a fairly large ice floe and transport the equipment to and from the ship. It was a beautiful sunny day on the ice with warm weather and the ITP was deployed using the ITP winch, tripod, and standard 11” augured hole.
Spooling out the ITP tether. (Photo by Craig Lee)
Pietro applies Yale grip to wire to take the load of the mooring so that the surface package can be attached. (Photo by Craig Lee)
Hauling the deployment gear back to the ship by helicopter. (Photo by Craig Lee)