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- 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
Onto Recovery
Today, Day 3 of Leg 2 of Endurance 18, was a mooring recovery day aboard the R/V Sikuliaq. After spending six months in the ocean,…
Three Deployments
The Endurance 18 team deployed three moorings today– two inshore, one offshore– off the coast of Oregon. The weather cooperated. It was a beautiful sunny…
Deck Lead Alex Wick Reports
Deck Lead Alex Wick talks about what was accomplished during day 1 of Endurance 18 and gives a shout out to scientists who use OOI…
First Time at Sea
Olana Costa is a UNOLS (University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System) cruise volunteer. In this short video she describes her experience during her first day at sea…
And So It Begins Again
First morning of Endurance 18 Leg 2. The team deployed the Oregon Shelf Surface Mooring (CEO2SHSM) off the Oregon coast. More data for better…
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…
