Irminger Sea 9 - OOI Expedition

Whale sightings

July 14, 2022

NOAA Research Wildlife Biologist Peter Duley joined us again for the Irminger-9 cruise, along with the “Big Eyes” binoculars. You can read about Pete’s previous OOI adventures here and here. Pete has joined the Irminger 9 cruise specifically to look for North Atlantic right whales in the Irminger Sea. While watching for right whales, he…

Glider missions

July 11, 2022

The OOI Irminger Sea Array consists of three mooring sites in a triangular with sides ~30 km long. The Surface Mooring at one corner of the array communicates to shore via satellite. But the other three moorings (two moorings share one of the sites) do not have a surface expression, so they need another way…