- 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
Historic Departure
The departure of the R/V Neil Armstrong from the Woods Hole dock for the second leg of the Pioneer 19 expedition on November 17 was…
Barnacles Galore
After six months at sea, Gooseneck barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus) make the Pioneer Array home. The instrumentation serves as an attractive habitat for these filter feeders….
Equipment Lineup
When the R/V Neil Armstrong pulled into the Woods Hole Dock on November 15 at the end of the first leg of the Pioneer 19…
Anchor Recovery Attempt
Before heading back to Woods Hole to unload and remobilize for leg two, the Pioneer Team aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong had a final mission—to…
Last Two Gliders
OOI Coastal Gliders have been collecting data at the Pioneer Array site on the New England Shelf for the community to address science requirements since…
All Moorings Aboard
In spite of the loss of a day of recovery operations due to weather, the Pioneer 19 team successfully secured the last of three…
Students’ Mini-Boat & Drifter Launched
On Sunday November 13, 2022, the Pioneer 19 Team and crew of the R/V Neil Armstrong switched gears from their Pioneer recovery operations to launch…
Wind and Waves
After a successful day Friday and recovery of the Surface and Profiler moorings in the balmy 70+ degree North Atlantic, post-tropical storm Nicole’s winds and…
Profiler Mooring Recovery
Friday was a great day to be aboard the Armstrong. The weather cooperated and the team recovered the inshore profiler mooring. Shown here are some…
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…
