Updates
Build, Test, Load
STATION PAPA: The OOI-CGSN team completed the build, testing, and loading of the Station Papa Array moorings onto the RV Sikuliaq in Seward, AK. The team will deploy three subsurface moorings, two profiling vehicles, and two gliders along with performing CTD casts and water sampling.
Read MoreSafety Drills
IRMINGER: Chief Mate Chris Manka showed Boston College student, Ayden Schirmacher, how to don an immersion suit (commonly called a “Gumby” suit) designed to keep you warm and afloat if you have to abandon ship. The first order of business at sea is conducting safety briefings and drills. Chief Mate Chris Manka shows the team…
Read MoreAnd 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 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.
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