Updates - OOI Expedition

OSNAP Moorings In

IRMINGER: The Overturning the in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) has a line of moorings on either side of the OOI array. Those moorings…

Blue Whale Sighting

IRMINGER: While the OOI and OSNAP teams are busy with mooring operations, Pete Duley from NOAA is busy looking for marine mammals. Big eye binoculars…

Onto OSNAP

IRMINGER: All four of the new OOI Irminger Sea moorings have been deployed and the deck is looking a lot emptier than when we departed…

Anchor Away!

IRMINGER: The moorings at the OOI Irminger Sea Array vary from 1.5 to 2 miles in length. To deploy them, the ship starts miles away…

Flanking Mooring B Next

IRMINGER: The second Flanking Mooring was deployed at the OOI Irminger Sea Array; the last of the 4 new OOI moorings to be deployed. Flanking…

Flanking Mooring A In

IRMINGER: The OOI-CGSN team deployed Flanking Mooring A in the OOI Irminger Sea Array off the tip of Greenland. The Flanking Moorings consist of a…

Hands-On Experience for POGO Fellow

STATION PAPA: POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma is on the return leg to Seward, Alaska, having spent the last 15 days aboard the R/V Sikuliaq learning…

Glider Ops

IRMINGER: In addition to fixed moorings, the OOI Irminger Sea Array consists of autonomous gliders. Two gliders were deployed to the array for a one…

Profiler Mooring in the Water

IRMINGER: Another gray day in the Irminger Sea and another OOI mooring in the water. The Profiler Mooring consists of a top sphere at 150…

Hybrid Profiler Mooring Recovered

STATION PAPA: The Station Papa moorings are replaced on a yearly schedule. Here the OOI-CGSN team recovers the Hybrid Profiler Mooring. The yellow vehicle seen…

Work Completed Despite Weather

STATION PAPA: The RV Sikuliaq and the science party have been experiencing some rough weather, but they still need to get the work done! This…

Giant Hairy Bearded Man

STATION PAPA, June 11, 2024: Recovery operations were set to begin once the deployment operations were successfully completed and the decks cleared. A little time…

Large Surface Mooring Operational

IRMINGER: The large surface mooring at the OOI Irminger Sea Array is in the water and will report data from this important site for the…

Surface Mooring Deployed

IRMINGER: The OOI-CGSN team arrived at the OOI Irminger Sea Array ahead of a storm and were able to get the large Surface Mooring deployed….

8 Day Transit Provides Prep Time

IRMINGER: It takes eight days to transit from Woods Hole to the Irminger Sea. During that time, the OOI-CGSN team keeps busy preparing for their…

POGO Fellow Sharing Experiences

POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma is using down time aboard the R/V Sikuliaq to share her experiences during her first time at sea on a research…

OSNAP Blog is Live

IRMINGER: Heather Furey, Adam Houk, and Meg Yoder are aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong along with the OOI – CGSN team. The three will be…

Fellow Learning the Ropes

STATION PAPA: India-based POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma has been busy aboard the R/V Sikuliaq in spite of the cold weather and stormy seas. It is…

All Hands On Deck!

STATION PAPA: Everyone needs to pitch in when deck operations are happening. Here Jim Edson (right), the Ocean Observatories Initiative Principal Investigator handles tag lines…

Hybrid Profiler Mooring in Water

STATION PAPA: The CGSN team successfully deployed a Hybrid Profiler Mooring (HYPM) at the Station Papa Array. The HYPM is in a water depth of…