- All
- Endurance 16
- Endurance 17
- Endurance 18
- Endurance 19
- Endurance 20
- Endurance 21
- Endurance 22
- Irminger 10
- Irminger 11
- 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
- Station Papa 9
- Station Papa 10
- Station Papa 11
- Station Papa 12
Mobilization for Leg 2
The R/V Sikuliaq and Endurance 18 team are docked in Newport, Oregon today. The second leg of the OOI Endurance 18 will begin tomorrow off…
What’s Next
Chief Scientist Jonathan Fram explains what was accomplished during leg 1 and plans for leg 2 of Endurance 18. OSU Undergraduate Athena Abramhansen talks about…
Leg 1 Complete
Because of the amount of equipment deployed and recovered on the OOI Endurance 18, the cruise is split into two legs. The first leg is…
Stormy Weather
Not required: sunscreen. Required: a good set of foulies, dry socks, and breaks for hot chow and beverages. The Endurance 18 expedition has experienced less-than-ideal…
CTD at Dawn
The R/V Sikuliaq has a modern CTD deployment and recovery system requiring only the winch operator and marine technician to deploy and recover. As part…
Small Boat Ops
Endurance 18 Deck Lead Alex Wick tosses a recovery line to the crew of the ship’s small boat. The ship’s small boat was sent to…
Fast Forward
While all science data are collected on Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), the ship and science party run on local time. On Saturday the R/V Sikuliaq…
UNOLS Participant
The Endurance 18 science party includes Lukas Winkler Prins, a PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Lukas’s research is on sediment transport associated…
Clear Communication
A feature of the R/V Sikuliaq is that the cranes and A-frame can be controlled by a belly-pack. This enables the ship’s bosun (Semin to…
Seagoing Experience
The Endurance 18 science party includes Athena Abrahamsen, a second-year undergraduate Oceanography major at OSU, shown here on the upper deck of Sikuliaq leaving Yaquina…
Samantha Richards Onboard
While an undergraduate at OSU, Samantha Richards was a student research assistant with the OOI Endurance Array. After earning her degree in Ocean Science, she…
Good Sky Sign
The team observed a very low rainbow on the first day of the spring 2023 Endurance cruise. Rainbows can be visible when the solar elevation…
Winch Ready
Aaron Davis (SIO) from the UNOLS West Coast Winch Pool trains OOI team members on the portable Hawboldt winch installed on the deck of R/V…
Technical Improvements
One technical improvements that will be deployed during Endurance 18 is a new steel frame over the solar panels to prevent damage caused by…
Snow, Snow, Snow
And it snowed! Preparations were underway to move OOI’s ocean observing equipment to the dock in Newport to load them onto the @rvsikuliaq when snow…
It’s a Wrap!
Wrapping up a successful cruise. The iconic Ravenel Bridge welcomes the R/V Neil Armstrong back to Charlestown to mark the end of a successful Pioneer…
Mission Accomplished
Beautiful skies to mark the end of a successful cruise! The OOI-CGSN team and the RV Neil Armstrong completed their transit into Charleston, SC and…
Profiler Mooring Deployed
The Coastal Profiler Mooring was successfully deployed in 600m water depth at MAB. The test deployment will verify the mooring and buoy design, as well…
CPM Deployment
A profiler mooring deployment starts with the buoy going over the transom. The Armstrong’s Bos’n (right) signals for the hauling winch to come up slowly…
