ITP 89 Deployment
ITP 89 was deployed as part of the second and last Ice-Based Observatory installed during JOIS 2015. As the previous IBO, reconnaissance operations took 2 days to locate a suitable ice floe due to the thin ice conditions and weather limited daylight conditions constraining the operations. Strong winds, low temperatures, and thick snow on the ice made for difficult operating conditions. Not including the time to reconnaissance, drill and select the ice floe, the deployment operation took 7 hours, including transportation of gear and personnel each way to the site. Ice analyses were also performed by others in the science party while the IBO deployment operations took place.
More information and photos on the deployment operations are also available at: https://archives.whoi.edu/beaufortgyre/www.whoi.edu/page.do@pid=147936.html
