Splicing operation

The Surface Mooring consists of a surface buoy, a seafloor anchor, and a mooring riser connecting the two. The riser is made up of numerous sections of wire rope, instrumentation frames and synthetic rope. As the team transits to the Irminger Sea Array, the mooring operations team is splicing together sections of the synthetic rope.

John Jordan prepares the two ends of nylon rope that will be spliced together. Credit: Sheri N. White ©WHOI.

John Kemp oversees the splicing. Credit: Sheri N. White ©WHOI.

Halfway through the splicing effort. Credit: Sheri N. White ©WHOI.

John Jordan weaves the final strands through to complete the splice. Credit: Sheri N. White ©WHOI.