Updates
Monitoring the dive
April 13, 2022
The OOI Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) was used to conduct an inspection (using the ROV cameras) of equipment on the seafloor. The ROV mission team monitors progress during the dive from a control station, with the lights out to enhance contrast for the imagery. Jared Schwart is in the foreground. Jennifer Batryn is to his left.
Rare visitor
April 11, 2022
A Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) rests on the bow of the R/V Neil Armstrong. This is a bird that is rarely found north of the Caribbean, and is an extreme rarity as far north as the Pioneer Array. Brown boobys feed on flying fish, and this bird may have been looking for its favorite prey in the vicinity of a warm water eddy that is currently positioned just offshore of…
OSSM deployment
April 11, 2022
Deployment day for the Offshore Surface Mooring (OSSM). The Multi-Function Node (MFN) sits on the fantail of the R/V Neil Armstrong awaiting final testing. The acoustically-triggered release (yellow case) is connected to the ship’s winch wire and will be disconnected when the MFN reaches deployment depth.
Pioneer 18 underway
April 11, 2022
The Pioneer-18 cruise is underway as of 8 April, with three surface moorings moved from their staging area on the WHOI campus (pictured), and moved to the R/V Neil Armstrong for deployment. The team has an ambitious schedule, and everyone was anxious to get started.
Ready to go home
April 11, 2022
At the end of an expedition everyone’s eager to get home. Here the R/V Sikuliaq approaches NOAA’s pier in Newport, OR, but there’s one more chore to do – get that recovered equipment off the deck. You might be surprised at how quickly a motivated crew and science party can offload. Within 2 and half hours of docking, this deck was clear! As always, the Endurance 16 team appreciated the…
OOI team members on trap
April 11, 2022
It’s a tradition for folks to sign the sediment traps as they are put out for six months at sea. This trap contains the names of the OOI team members who helped deploy this trap during Endurance 16.
OSU greetings
April 11, 2022
Sediment trap team leader Jennifer Fehrenbacher (Oregon State Univ.) takes a photograph of the sediment trap signature that contains the names of her and Claudia Benitez-Nelson and Eric Tappa’s (Univ. South Carolina) team of foram ecology investigators.
Sediment trap signatures
April 11, 2022
During Endurance 16, the R/V Sikuliaq went out to the OOI Regional Cabled Array Slope Base site to turn a sediment trap as part of Jenn Fehrenbacher’s (Oregon State Univ.) and Claudia Benitez-Nelson and Eric Tappa’s (Univ. South Carolina) foram ecology investigation. It’s a tradition for folks to sign the traps as they are put out. This is the Sikuliaq’s greeting.
Ten moorings to be recovered
April 8, 2022
During Pioneer 18, ten moorings will be recovered. Once close to the ship, crew members grab the moorings with a hook, and direct them to the stern of the ship to be brought onboard
Glider deployments
April 8, 2022
Three gliders will be deployed during Pioneer 18 and remain in the water for the next six months, collecting data in the water column between the Pioneer moorings.