﻿{"id":8,"date":"2021-10-08T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personal-site.dev\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:26:33","slug":"pioneer-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/pioneer-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Pioneer 17:<br \/>Bi-Annual Recovery<br \/>and Deploy Mission<\/h1>\r\n<h2>\u00a0The ocean is a harsh environment for ocean observing equipment.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Equipment becomes fouled as marine life makes it home. Batteries run out. Wind and waves take their toll. That&#8217;s why every six months, teams head to OOI arrays to recover and redeploy ocean observing equipment to keep them collecting and sharing data. Here, we will be sharing news about what&#8217;s happening aboard the R\/V <i>Neil Armstrong<\/i>\u00a0as a team of scientists and engineers recovers and deploys equipment at the Pioneer Array for the 17<sup>th<\/sup> time (November 9 &#8211; 22, 2022). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution&#8217;s Sheri White is serving as Chief Scientist. Check back regularly for updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/location\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screen Shot 2021-10-25 at 11.12.04 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-25-at-11.12.04-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-10-25 at 11.12.04 AM\" width=\"864\" height=\"896\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/location\/#pioneer17\">Location<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>The Coastal Pioneer Array is located off the coast of New England, about 75 nautical miles south of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer17\" 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\/#pioneer17\">Ship<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>The R\/V Neil Armstrong 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=\"ilot whale\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/ilot-whale.jpg\" alt=\"The OOI Pioneer Team often encounters local inhabitants of the area. One recent visitor was a pilot whale. Photo: Rebecca Travis\u00a9WHOI.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1258\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#pioneer17\">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=\"Sensor_b\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/Sensor_b.jpg\" alt=\"One of the rewards of working at sea is the peacefulness and beauty at the end of a long day aboard the R\/V Neil Armstrong. Photo: Rebecca Travis\u00a9WHOI.\" width=\"624\" height=\"417\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#pioneer17\">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=\"engineer-preping-AUV\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/engineer-preping-AUV.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Engineering Assistant prepares Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for deployment on pre-programmed missions between Pioneer moorings.  Photo: Rebecca Travis@WHOI.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1413\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#pioneer17\">People<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>Meet the Pioneer 17 Team.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pioneer 17:Bi-Annual Recoveryand Deploy Mission \u00a0The ocean is a harsh environment for ocean observing equipment. Equipment becomes fouled as marine life makes it home. Batteries run out. Wind and waves take their toll. That&#8217;s why every six months, teams head to OOI arrays to recover and redeploy ocean observing equipment to keep them collecting and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":530646,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[72],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536048,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/536048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}