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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 22
- 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
Safety Meets Style on Deck
Even while showing off the latest from his 2025 summer collection, deck lead Alex keeps safety first with the essentials: hard hat, boots, and work…
Buoy Climb on Deck
Once a buoy is safely brought on deck, the recovery isn’t quite finished. A member of the team climbs the buoy to pull the winch…
Buoy Approach
A typical recovery of a Coastal Surface Mooring begins by hooking into the buoy and releasing the mooring from its anchor. The mooring is then…
PacWave North and Southwest Anchors Recovered
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) focused on PacWave operations today, completing recoveries of the PacWave North and PacWave Southwest anchors with…
Recovery Operations Wrap Up as Cruise Heads Home
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) successfully completed the recovery of the Washington Offshore Profiling Mooring (CE09OSPM-00022) riser and anchor. In the…
SR2520 Completes EK80 Survey and Inshore Recovery
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) completed a busy day of science and recovery operations, including an EK80 calibration survey, the successful…
Oregon Offshore Mooring Recovered as Cruise Progresses
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) successfully recovered the Oregon Offshore Coastal Surface Mooring (CE04OSSM-00019) and its anchor today. Calm weather supported…
PacWave Anchor & Chain Recovered During ROV Operations
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) entered its second leg today with the addition of a new science party member, loading of…
Recovery Complete at Washington Shelf and Inshore Sites
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) achieved another major milestone with the successful recovery of the Washington Shelf Mooring (CE07SHSM-00020) and the…
Washington Offshore Mooring Successfully Recovered
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) continued with the successful recovery of the Washington Offshore Surface Mooring (CE09OSSM-0020) and its anchor, along…
Smooth Start to the Fall 2025 Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520)
The Fall 2025 Coastal Endurance Array Recovery Cruise (SR2520) is underway. Over the first two days, the team completed mobilization, testing, and initial deployments, marking…
Farewell to the R/V Atlantis and ROV Jason Team: Another Grand Field Season
Tomorrow, we say farewell to our incredible friends aboard the R/V Atlantis and the amazing ROV Jason team. They have welcomed us with open arms and treated us spectacularly well…
Return to Juan de Fuca After Four Decades
Dr. Jackie Dixon, University of South Florida My first cruise to the Juan de Fuca Ridge was in 1980. I was an undergraduate, but had…
Busy Days At Axial Seamount
We returned to our friend Axial Seamount on Monday, August 18 – the weather and sea gods decided to be kind and we were able…
Swells Gallore
The morning of August 17th, was met with much excitement as the R/V Atlantis was scheduled to depart at 0830. The morning was filled with insuring 1)…
Leg 1 A Success!
Leg 1 of VISIONS 2025 (completed August 15) was successful in achieving all the planned science objectives, and two recovery dives at the end that…
Wind, Waves, Krill, and Seafloor Ice
Working at sea brings unique challenges. The one we commonly experience on RCA cruises is weather, specifically wind and waves. When wind and waves combine,…
V25 Leg 1 Students’ Reflections on Hydrothermal Vents
On August 8th, we visited the ASHES Hydrothermal Field near the western caldera wall of Axial Seamount. This was the first dive in the caldera…
Calm Seas and Shallow Profilers
It is hard to believe that it has only been four days since the R/V Atlantis left port. So much has happened that it has felt like…
Global Surface Mooring Captures R/V Revelle Departure
The Irminger Global Surface Mooring recently recorded a unique view – the R/V Revelle departing from the array site. Captured by the mooring’s camera system,…
