ITP 90 Overview
Deployment Location: 9/21/2015, 18:10 UTC at 79° 58.6 N, 125° 8.6 E
Last Location: 5/24/2016, 6:00 UTC at 86° 11.9’ N, 102° 19.1’ E
Duration: 246 days
Distance Travelled: 1858 km
Number of profiles: 333 in 166 days
Other instruments: none
ITP90 was deployed in open water in the Transpolar Drift on September 21, 2015 in collaboration with the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System (NABOS) project from the Russian Research Vessel Treshnikov. The ITP operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.
Moments before ITP 90 is released during the open water deployment from RV Treshnikov. (Photo by Frank Bahr)