- All
- Endurance 16
- Endurance 17
- Endurance 18
- Endurance 19
- Endurance 20
- Endurance 21
- Endurance 22
- Endurance 23
- Irminger 10
- Irminger 11
- Irminger 12
- Irminger 9
- Pioneer 17
- Pioneer 18
- Pioneer 19
- Pioneer 21
- Pioneer MAB At-Sea Tests
- Pioneer MAB Initial Deployment
- Pioneer MAB Test Deployment
- RCA VISIONS 22
- RCA VISIONS 23
- RCA VISIONS 24
- RCA VISIONS 25
- Station Papa 10
- Station Papa 11
- Station Papa 12
- Station Papa 9
Robots to the Rescue
August 26, 2023: Just as the team was about to get underway to Southern Hydrate Ridge, a call came in from the R/V Rachel Carson….
Ready to Go
Everything is loaded and the team is ready to go. The Global Surface Mooring, the largest Irminger Mooring, is placed beneath the a-frame ready for…
Buoy Assembly
It can be a tight fit. Before loading, the Global Surface Buoy must be assembled, and instruments mounted and cabled. Here Mackenzie Stuart prepares to…
Armstrong Arrives!
The R/V Neil Armstrong has arrived in Reykjavik! The team has started loading all the Irminger materials onto the vessel. Once onboard, the team will…
Small Boat Operations
August 25th, 2023: The team is now at Axial Base. ROV Jason was launched on dive J2-1530 to cut the EM cable of the profiler…
Getting Gliders Ready
Once the mooring build is complete, the mobilization team can focus on the mobile assets. Three gliders are planned for deployment at the Irminger Array…
Build in Reykjavik
The Irminger cruise team continues to make progress building the moorings in Reykjavik, Iceland. The mooring systems are integrated and then “burned in.” This is…
Demob and Mobilization
August 23-24, 2023: Demobilization of Leg 1 and mobilization for Leg 2 have been completed. Some personnel have been swapped. Eight new VISIONS students have…
Mobilization Started
The Irminger mobilization has begun! The team is in Reykjavik, Iceland building and testing the Irminger Array Global Surface Mooring, Hybrid Profiler Mooring, and Flanking…
End of Leg One
August 22, 2023: Leg 1 came to an end under calm seas and blue skies, as compared to four days of weather during the leg,…
Weather Not Cooperating
August 19-20, 2023: High winds and seas have prevented field operations from happening over the last two days. The waves have been so choppy and…
Work Continues in Spite of Weather
August 18th, 2023: The attempt to dodge the weather fronts continues for the science team aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. With a break in…
Pink Sea Urchin Visits
August 17, 2023: A beautiful colony of light orange anemones grows on the shallow profiler Science Pod base, along with a pink sea urchin, and…
Busy Day of Dives
August 16th, 2023: Throughout the night and into the early morning, Jason completed a series of dives here at the Oregon Offshore site. Jason successfully completed…
Students and Guests Ready to Roll
August 15, 2023: As the R/V Thomas G. Thompson cleared the channel and headed into the Pacific, VISIONS’ students and guests posed for a picture…
Safety First
August 13, 2023: With 40 knot winds offshore, the Thompson was kept inshore for an extra day and plans made to switch operations to the…
Slight Weather Delay
After a one-day weather delay, the RCA team will be departing aboard the R/V Thompson today, August 14th at ~1315 to head out to the…
Preparations in Full Swing
Regional Cabled Array Principal Investigator and Chief Scientist for Legs 1 and 4, Deborah Kelley (back row, second from right) is excited to be headed…
Homeward Bound after Successful Mission
The RV Sikuliaq is returning to Seward, Alaska after completing a successful Papa 10 cruise. The vessel is loaded down with recovered Papa 9 moorings…
Anchor Away!
The final step in a flanking mooring deployment….Jim Dunn cuts away and deploys the 6000 lb mace anchor.
