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- Endurance 16
- Endurance 17
- Endurance 18
- Endurance 19
- Endurance 20
- 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 10
- Station Papa 11
- Station Papa 9
Two on Deck
The Pioneer Array 19 team marked Veteran’s Day with the successful recovery of the Coastal Inshore Surface Mooring. Like glider 559, the mooring was initially…
Glider Hooked
Pioneer Team member Jessica Kozik hooks glider 559 so it can be brought on board ship. The “hook”, or connection to the hauling line, is…
Watching for Whales
Peter Duley is a marine mammal observer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He joins many Pioneer expeditions to survey the waters for whales,…
Entangled Fishing Gear
When the Pioneer 19 team recovered the Offshore Surface Mooring, it came with fishing gear entangled in the buoy tower. This is not an uncommon…
Gumby Try-ON
As the R/V Neil Armstrong steamed toward its first site at the Pioneer Array, the crew took the science party through safety training to ensure…
Empty Back Deck
The @R/V Neil Armstrong left the dock at Woods Hole, MA with an unusual empty deck. Deck Lead Chris Basque joins Third Mate Mariah Kopec-Belliveau…
Final Recovery
This expedition is not a typical one. Rather than being loaded to the brim, the R/V Neil Armstrong will leave the dock with a fairly…
A cruise with a view
The start of October found us with the sun rising over the Oregon Coast as we recovered and deployed a mooring as part of OOI’s…
Through the fog and surf
Thursday afternoon saw the R/V Thomas G. Thompson slipping its moorings and gliding through the fog back out to sea for leg two of the…
Pop goes the weasel
During the first leg of Endurance 17 the recovery of an inshore surface mooring did not go according to plan. The early steps of recovering…
Why It Matters
By Darlene Trew Crist As we steam towards the Oregon coast, I thought it might be helpful to share my perspective of all of the…
It’s a Wrap
This morning the Endurance Team recovered the anchor for the Washington Offshore Profiler Mooring from 533 meters below the surface. It was the last piece…
More Unexpected Visitors
This morning as work on the back deck was winding up with the last anchor secured, the Endurance 17 team was greeted by a huge…
A Three Operation Day
Half of the Endurance 17 team was on deck at 6 am to begin operations early for there was a lot to accomplish. Before breakfast,…
Life at Sea
The best way to describe life at sea is it functions as a routine. Wake up. Eat breakfast. Deploy or recover ocean observing equipment. Break…
Snazzy Snap Hooks
One of the challenges of recovering ocean observing equipment is to snag large, heavy equipment in moving water and guide it to the rear of…
An Insider’s View
Trenity Ford, a PhD candidate at Oklahoma State, is onboard the Thompson to collect and redeploy a foraminifera substrate experiment. Foraminifera are single-celled protists that…
Challenging Recovery
Sometimes the ocean takes over and recoveries of ocean observing equipment don’t go quite as planned. That’s what happened today when the Endurance 17 Team…
Recycling Beer Bottles
As it turns out, breweries and scientists have something in common. They both like to recycle beer bottles. As part of daily operations, the Endurance…
