In September 2013, the surface package of the ITP was discovered washed ashore in Blacksod Bay in western Ireland by filmmaker Fergus Sweeney who retrieved the buoy and showcased it on an educational exhibit called “Drifted, ITP 47” at Aras Inis Gluaire in Belmullet, Ireland in February 2014.<\/p>\n
Video shown at the exhibit is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=shdnxuEeg9c<\/a>.<\/p>\n Video of the exhibit is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XGSeLq2sU2g<\/a>.<\/p>\n More information on this buoy’s journey to Ireland is available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/a-buoys-long-strange-trip<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/environment\/arctic-buoy-travels-15-000-miles-to-mayo-phoning-home-1.1671223<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t ITP47 Overview Deployment Location:\u00a04\/11\/2011, 18:00 UTC at 87\u00b0 59.3’N, 178\u00b0 30.5’W Last Location:\u00a010\/4\/2012, 23:00 UTC at 67\u00b0 37.9′ N, 29\u00b0 3.6′ W Duration:\u00a0542 days Distance Traveled:\u00a05573 km Number of profiles:\u00a01289 in 322 days Other instruments:\u00a0IMBB 2011-C, AOFB 23, PAWS, webcam ITP 47 was deployed on a 3.5 m thick icefloe in the Transpolar Drift from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":871,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl-sidebar.php","meta":{"advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3832,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238\/revisions\/3832"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"ITP](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/DSCN6657-resized_452933.jpg\" "\\"DSCN6657-resized_452933\\"")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tShortly after deployment 175 miles upstream of Russian ice camp Barneo, ITP 47 rests on the 3.5 m thick ice flanked by AOFB on left and barely visible IMB on the right. (Rick Krishfield)\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![\"ITP](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/buoy_8-resized_452813.jpg\" "\\"buoy_8-resized_452813\\"")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tNo tether, only surface package remained from ITP 47 when it was found onshore at Blacksod Bay in western Ireland nearly 2.5 years after installation. (Fergus Sweeney)\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t![](\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/exhibit-2-resized_452953.jpg\" "\\"exhibit-2-resized_452953\\"")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tOn display at the “Drifted, ITP 47” exhibit at Aras Inis Gluaire in Belmullet, Ireland in February 2014. (Fergus Sweeney)\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"