ITP 87 Overview
Deployment Location: 8/28/2014, 3:17 UTC at 79° 58.6 N, 152° 38.2 W
Last Location: 7/17/2015, 23:00 UTC at 75° 30.2’ N, 135° 40.7’ E
Duration: 324 days
Distance Travelled: 2515 km
Number of profiles: 647 in 323 days
Other instruments: AMS, IMB
ITP87 was deployed on a 1.20 m thick icefloe in the north Beaufort Gyre on August 28, 2014 from the R/V Xuelong (Snow Dragon) as part of the CHINARE 2014 Expedition. The ITP operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.
ITP 87 as deployed. (Photo by Yiling Zhang)