ITP 97 Overview
Deployment Location: 10/2/2016, 21:30 UTC at 79° 0.9’ N, 150° 7.9’ W
Last Location: 10/13/2017, 15:00 UTC at 72° 10.4’ N, 153° 50.7’ W
Duration: 375 days
Distance Travelled: 3938 km
Number of profiles: 736 in 367 days
Other instruments: none
ITP97 was deployed in open water in the Beaufort Sea on October 2, 2016 as part of the Beaufort Gyre Observing System (BGOS) during the JOIS 2016 cruise on the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent. The ITP included a dissolved oxygen sensor and operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.
ITP 97 deployed over the side of the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent dirft into slushy ice soon after being released. (Photo by Rick Krishfield)