﻿{"id":535500,"date":"2024-05-21T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?page_id=535500"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:32:36","slug":"irminger-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/irminger-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Irminger 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Irminger 11:<br \/>Tackling the Tough Northern Atlantic<\/h1>\r\n<h2>Month-long Expedition to Refresh Irminger Sea Array<\/h2>\r\n<p>On June 2, 2024, a team of 15 scientists and engineers boarded the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/ships\/ships-neil-armstrong\/\">R\/V <em>Neil Armstrong<\/em><\/a><\/strong> in Woods Hole, Massachusetts to begin an eight-day transit to the Irminger Sea Array.\u00a0 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution&#8217;s Sheri White is serving as Chief Scientist. Once onsite, the team will recover and deploy four moorings, deploy two gliders, recover a third, and conduct water sampling throughout the voyage.\u00a0 Water and biogeochemical sampling will also be conducted in support of ongoing research efforts of the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Project (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.o-snap.org\/\">OSNAP<\/a><\/strong>) and Boston College.\u00a0 A marine mammal observer from NOAA will also be onboard.\u00a0 On July 2, the team will offload the ship in Reykjavik, Iceland, then fly back to Woods Hole. (Cruise duration June 2-July 2, 2024). Check back here regularly for updates. Video courtesy of James Kuo \u00a9WHOI.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/location\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 12.47.26 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-03-at-12.47.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 12.47.26 PM\" width=\"452\" height=\"426\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/global-irmnger-sea\/\">Location<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>The Global Irminger Sea Array is located in the North Atlantic in a region with high wind and large surface waves.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 1.31.02 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-03-at-1.31.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 1.31.02 PM\" width=\"2408\" height=\"1324\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/the-neil-armstrong\/\">Ship<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>The R\/V <em>Neil Armstrong<\/em> is a state-of-the-art oceangoing research vessel.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"9PM_CTD 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2023\/08\/9PM_CTD-2.jpeg\" alt=\"9PM_CTD 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#irminger-11\">Updates<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Regular posts about life aboard the ship, work accomplished, and encounters with marine life.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 1.22.12 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-03-at-1.22.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 1.22.12 PM\" width=\"1808\" height=\"1102\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#irminger-11\">Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Images and video of the expedition.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan Bishop 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/05\/Dan-Bishop-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Dan Bishop 2\" width=\"702\" height=\"702\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#irminger-11\">People<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Meet the Irminger Sea 11 Team.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irminger 11:Tackling the Tough Northern Atlantic Month-long Expedition to Refresh Irminger Sea Array On June 2, 2024, a team of 15 scientists and engineers boarded the R\/V Neil Armstrong in Woods Hole, Massachusetts to begin an eight-day transit to the Irminger Sea Array.\u00a0 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution&#8217;s Sheri White is serving as Chief Scientist. 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