Credit: James Kuo © WHOI.
Credit: James Kuo © WHOI.
Conditions forced the R/V Neil Armstrong to take shelter in Prince Christian Sound. Quite a storm is going on at the array. Peak wave heights have subsided from 15.5 m to about 11.45 m. The surface buoy is still showing wind speeds 23 m/s (44.7 knots). These conditions make it impossible to deploy the moorings safely. As soon as a weather window allows, they will head back to the array ready to deploy the subsurface moorings.
Meanwhile the ship and team are safe in a deep fjord surrounded by rugged ice scraped mountains, where they have seen whales, large chunks of ice floating past the ship, and Northern lights, as captured above.
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