ITP 98 Deployment
The first and only Ice-Based Observatory (IBO) installed on the JOIS 2016 cruise included ITP 98 (another IBO was planned to be installed, but poor ice conditions prevented a second ice station). Due to the thin ice conditions, reconnaissance operations took 2 days to find adequate ice to deploy the IBO, as suitable ice could not be located on the first day, and weather limited daylight conditions constrained the operations. Not including the time to reconnaissance, drill and select the ice floe (which was only 0.75 m thick), this deployment operation took between nearly 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.
