NIRVANA in the Field
Fieldwork
Many of our projects contain a field component. Over the past few years, NIRVANA Lab members have sailed on sampling expeditions from the Subarctic to the Southern Oceans. Below is a list of the major field campaigns that we've been involved with. Be sure to check back periodically, as we are always heading out on new adventures!
![AT50-10 Golfito Bay](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/AT50-10.jpg)
View of Golfito Bay seen from the O3 deck of the R/V Atlantis
CliOMZ
- Project: Underexplored connections between nitrogen and trace metal cycling in oxygen minimum zones
- Chief Scientist: Mak Saito
- Ship: R/V Atlantis
- Expedition ID: AT50-10
- Ports: Golfito, Costa Rica to San Diego, USA
- Dates: 2023-05-02 to 2023-06-08 (38 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Peter Crockford, Tristan Horner, Ichiko Sugiyama
![RR2214 R/V Roger Revelle arriving in Papeete](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RR2214.jpg)
R/V Roger Revelle arriving in Papeete, French Polynesia, ready for the start of GP17-OCE
GEOTRACES GP17-OCE
- Project: US GEOTRACES Southern Pacific Meridional Transect
- Chief Scientist: Ben Twining
- Ship: R/V Roger Revelle
- Expedition ID: RR2214
- Ports: Papeete, French Polynesia to Punta Arenas, Chile
- Dates: 2022-12-02 to 2023-01-25 (55 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Margot Debyser, Iulia Streanga
![RR2106 McLane Pump recovery](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RR2106.jpg)
Emilie Le Roy ready to recover a McLane Pump during RR2106
PLUME RAIDERS
- Project: Probing Low-temperature Underwater Metal-rich Exhalations at Ridges and Assessment of their Importance to Dissolved Element Release and Stabilization
- Chief Scientist: Joe Resing
- Ship: R/V Roger Revelle
- Expedition ID: RR2106
- Ports: San Diego, USA to San Diego
- Dates: 2021-09-18 to 2021-11-06 (50 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Emile Le Roy
![KM2112 Iulia on the deck of the R/V Kilo Moana at sunset](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/KM2112.jpg)
Iulia on the deck of the R/V Kilo Moana at sunset
PARAGON
- Project: PARticles And Growth in the Oceanic Nutricline
- Chief Scientist: Angelicque White
- Ship: R/V Kilo Moana
- Expedition ID: KM2112
- Ports: Honolulu, USA to Honolulu
- Dates: 2021-07-21 to 2021-08-06 (17 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Iulia Streanga
![RR2004 Iceberg seen during RR2004](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RR2004.jpg)
Large iceberg seen from the deck of the R/V Roger Revelle during RR2004
SAMW Conditioning (Pacific Sector)
- Project: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean
- Chief Scientist: William 'Barney' Balch
- Ship: R/V Roger Revelle
- Expedition ID: RR2004
- Ports: Honolulu, USA to Honolulu
- Dates: 2020-12-26 to 2021-02-23 (60 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Jule Middleton, Logan Tegler
![TN376 penguins Penguins in Cape Town](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/TN376-penguins.jpg)
African penguins resting on some rocks in Cape Town
SAMW Conditioning (Indian Sector)
- Project: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean
- Chief Scientist: William 'Barney' Balch
- Ship: R/V Thomas G. Thompson
- Expedition ID: TN376
- Ports: Cape Town, South Africa to Port Louis, Mauritius
- Dates: 2020-01-25 to 2020-03-03 (39 days)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Jule Middleton
![GP15_dBa (IS) Dissolved barium along GP15](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/GP15_dBa-IS.jpg)
Dissolved barium concentrations along the GP15 section
GEOTRACES GP15
- Project: US GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect
- Chief Scientist: Greg Cutter
- Ship: R/V Roger Revelle
- Expedition ID: RR1814 and RR1815
- Ports: Seattle, USA to Hilo, USA (leg 1); Hilo to Papeete, French Polynesia (leg 2)
- Dates: 2018-09-18 to 2018-10-21 (leg 1); 2018-10-24 to 2018-11-24 (leg 2; 66 days total)
- NIRVANA Participant(s): Emilie Le Roy
![RR1813_track RR1813 cruise track](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RR1813_track.jpg)
Cruise track for RR1813
EXPORTS
- Project: EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing
- Chief Scientist: Deborah Steinberg
- Ship: R/V Roger Revelle
- Expedition ID: RR1813
- Ports: Seattle, USA to Seattle
- Dates: 2018-08-10 to 2018-09-12 (34 days)
- NIRVANA participant(s): Muntsa Roca-Martí
![RV_Falkor R/V Falkor in Papeete](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RV_Falkor.jpg)
R/V Falkor at the dock in Papeete, French Polynesia, following ProteOMZ
ProteOMZ
- Project: Investigating Life without Oxygen in the Tropical Pacific
- Chief Scientist: Mak Saito
- Ship: R/V Falkor
- Expedition ID: FK160115
- Ports: Honolulu, USA to Papeete, French Polynesia
- Dates: 2016-01-16 to 2016-02-11 (28 days)
- NIRVANA participant(s): Tristan Horner
![RV_Blue_Heron R/V Blue Heron](https://www2.whoi.edu/site/nirvana/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2023/10/RV_Blue_Heron.jpg)
R/V Blue Heron on the water near the Apostle Islands during BH15-11
UNOLS Chief Scientist Training Cruise
- Project: Testing the limits of pelagic barite precipitation at low ambient sulfate
- Chief Scientist: Nigel D'Souza
- Ship: R/V Blue Heron
- Expedition ID: BH15-11
- Ports: Duluth, USA to Duluth
- Dates: 2015-08-26 to 2015-08-28 (3 days)
- NIRVANA participants: Tristan Horner (Co-Chief Scientist)