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And We’re Off!
IRMINGER: The Irminger 11 team aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong left the WHOI Dock at noon on Sunday, June 2, a beautiful summer day. The ship was loaded down with moorings to deploy at the OOI Irminger Sea Array off the tip of Greenland. A crowd took advantage of the weather to see the team…
Read MoreBC Biogeochemical Researchers
IRMINGER: A team from Boston College was aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong on Thursday May 30 to get a first-hand look at where they will be spending the next month at sea. Meg Yoder (far left) will serve as advisor to student participants Ayden Schirmacher (in blue) and Emma Brown (in yellow). They will be…
Read MoreSecuring Back Deck
IRMINGER: The Coastal and Global Scale Nodes team has been busy loading the deck of the R/V Neil Armstrong to head off to the Global Irminger Sea Array on June 2. Here Mike Robinson (left) and Dan Bogorff secure the subsurface mooring components in preparation for the nearly month long journey at sea.
Read MorePOGO Fellow Aboard
STATION PAPA: Aditi Sharma, a PhD candidate at the National Institute of Oceanography India, made her way from Mumbai to Boston last week in preparation for a subsequent flight to Anchorage and drive to Seward, Alaska to board the R/V Sikuliaq. Before heading into the air again, she spent a few days at Woods Hole…
Read MoreSunrise in the MAB
Sunrise over the NOSM surface buoy on 17 April.
Read MoreScoreboard!
A large-format display of wire tension, amount of wire payed out, and payout speed from the ship’s trawl winch is posted on the superstructure of the R/V Neil Armstrong, facing aft. This allows deck personnel to monitor the winch status during operations.
Read MoreNew Shallow Water Moorings
Two shallow water moorings were deployed today at the Pioneer MAB site. These specially designed moorings allow a wave-powered profiler to span the upper 80% of the water column in water depths as shallow as 25-30 m.
Read MoreSunset Departure
The R/V Neil Armstrong departs Woods Hole, MA headed to Pioneer MAB on Leg#2.
Read MoreReady for Leg 2
Remaining Coastal Profiler Moorings and the brand new Shallow Water Moorings loaded on the R/V Neil Armstrong for deployment during leg 2. Staged and ready. All components of the new MAB shallow water mooring are assembled on deck to facilitate testing before deployment tomorrow.
Read MoreDissuading Pesky Sea Lions
California sea-lions haul out on Endurance Array shelf buoys during the day. These buoys ride higher at night, which corresponds to when the sea-lions leave to feed. Aluminum guards keep the sea-lions off the solar panels and prevent sea-lions from chewing wires and connectors. The team sprayed off biofouling after getting the buoy on board.
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