Two-leg expedition
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Credit: Rebecca Travis ©WHOI.
The Pioneer 18 Recovery and Deployment mission will be conducted in two legs. The back deck of the R/V Armstrong will be filled with equipment on both legs as the team recovers ten moorings and deploys eight moorings and three gliders. Shown here are three coastal surface moorings.