﻿{"id":536034,"date":"2025-03-27T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?page_id=536034"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:43:42","slug":"pioneer-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/pioneer-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Pioneer 21:<\/h1>\r\n<h1>Mooring Turnarounds &amp; Data Recovery<\/h1>\r\n<h2>Pioneer 21 Cruise: Spring Fieldwork for Mooring Service and Data Recovery<\/h2>\r\n<p>The team is heading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanobservatories.org\/array\/coastal-pioneer-mid-atlantic-bight-array\/\">Pioneer Array in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB)<\/a>, off the coast of North Carolina, to conduct critical mooring turnarounds and recover valuable data-extending nearly a decade of sustained ocean observations in this dynamic shelf-break region. Check back here for daily updates from this important field expedition. <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanobservatories.org\/array\/coastal-pioneer-mid-atlantic-bight-array\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pioneer-MAB-Layout\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/03\/Pioneer-MAB-Layout.jpg\" alt=\"Pioneer-MAB-Layout\" width=\"1430\" height=\"1122\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanobservatories.org\/array\/coastal-pioneer-mid-atlantic-bight-array\/\">Location<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>The Pioneer Array&#8217;s core is a T-shaped moored array off Nags Head, NC, spanning ~50 km across and along the continental shelf, centered near the shelf-break front ~25 km offshore.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer-21\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Armstrong-pre-departure\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/Armstrong-pre-departure.jpeg\" alt=\"The R\/V Neil Armstrong is loaded with ocean observing equipment that will deployed at the Pioneer Array.  Photo: Rebecca Travis \u00a9WHOI.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer-21\">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\/#pioneer-21\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_6146\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/03\/IMG_6146-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_6146\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#pioneer-21\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/#pioneer-21\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DSC0486-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/03\/DSC0486-2.jpg\" alt=\"DSC0486-2\" width=\"924\" height=\"617\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#pioneer-21\">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\/#pioneer-21\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DSC0524\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/02\/DSC0524-e1743450340499.jpg\" alt=\"DSC0524\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#pioneer-21\">People<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Meet the Pioneer 21 Team.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pioneer 21: Mooring Turnarounds &amp; Data Recovery Pioneer 21 Cruise: Spring Fieldwork for Mooring Service and Data Recovery The team is heading to the Pioneer Array in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB), off the coast of North Carolina, to conduct critical mooring turnarounds and recover valuable data-extending nearly a decade of sustained ocean observations in this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":536036,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[309],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536249,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536034\/revisions\/536249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}