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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!

Golfito Bay
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
R/V Roger Revelle arriving in Papeete
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
McLane Pump recovery
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
Iulia on the deck of the R/V Kilo Moana at sunset
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
Iceberg seen during RR2004
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
Penguins in Cape Town
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
Dissolved barium along GP15
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 cruise track
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
R/V Falkor in Papeete
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
R/V Blue Heron
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)