- All
- Endurance 16
- Endurance 17
- Endurance 18
- Endurance 19
- Endurance 20
- Endurance 21
- Endurance 22
- Irminger 9
- Irminger 10
- Irminger 11
- Irminger 12
- 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
Under the Weather
Large waves are regularly crashing over the deck. It’s best to stay inside today. The sea state and winds are only going pick up from…
Doozy of a Day
Today was the best weather day of the Leg, so we decided to use the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) to recover the last surface mooring….
Big Eyes, Fishing Lines and Delicious Meals, Oh My!
People often ask us if we see lots of animals at sea. The answer is usually “no”. We are busy deploying and recovering moorings, so…
Back at it again!
After a couple days of rest in my own bed, I returned to the R/V Neil Armstrong for the final leg of the trip yesterday…
Unloading and Reloading
We landed in port at Woods Hole on November 6 around noon Eastern. Immediately the dock support began to unload the recovered moorings, and began…
Why It Matters
After witnessing how hard the Pioneer 17 team and the crew of the R/V Neil Armstrong have worked over the past seven days, under sometimes…
Punting When the Sea Dictates
Today was our last work day on the first leg of Pioneer 17. The recovery of the Inshore Surface Mooring was first on the agenda….
A Temporarily Clear Deck
At 8:30 this morning, the team began deploying the last of the three coastal surface moorings. Like the other deployments, this one was like a…
Rosette Recovered
The team was on deck as the sun came up to prepare a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for a rescue mission. During an expedition earlier…
Another Mooring Dispatched
Today was a gift for early risers. The sun was bright, the weather comfortable. This was fortuitous, for the team was on the stern deck…
Cross-Shelf CTD Survey and Halloween
The waves and winds are still too intense to safely deploy a mooring today, so we are conducting a cross-shelf CTD survey from Pioneers’ Upstream…
Glider Day at Pioneer 17
Inclement weather has made us slightly adjust our schedule of what to put into the water each day. Today started off with a glider deployment….
Finally at Sea
The 14 members of the Pioneer 17 science party were all onboard the R/V Neil Armstrong at 9 am sharp on Friday 29 October. All…
Cruise Update
The Pioneer 17 team of scientists and engineers departed aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong from Woods Hole, MA for the Pioneer Array, 75 nautical miles…
Before Departure
Once recovered, the moorings are refurbished for the next recovery and deployment mission. This work is done at the Quissett campus of Woods Hole Oceanographic…
Instruments Post 1
During the Pioneer 17 expedition, the team will deploy and recover three coastal surface moorings, deploy six and recover five coastal profiler moorings, and recover…
R/V Neil Armstrong
The R/V Neil Armstrong is a state-of-the-art oceangoing research vessel. The ship is 238 feet long, can sustain speeds of 10 knots, has a range of 11,500 nautical miles, and can remain at sea for up to 40 days. Named for the American hero whose “small step” provided humanity with a new perspective on our planet, this vessel carries on its namesake’s legacy of exploration.
Coastal Pioneer Array NES
The Coastal Pioneer Array is located off the coast of New England, about 75 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The Continental Shelf-Slope area in this region is highly productive. It serves as a dynamic intersection where ocean currents meet in weather-like “fronts,” and where nutrients, pollutants, and other properties are exchanged between the coast and the deep ocean
