{"id":532921,"date":"2022-06-24T01:29:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T05:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=532921"},"modified":"2022-06-27T09:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:32:04","slug":"splicing-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/splicing-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Splicing operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Surface Mooring consists of a surface buoy, a seafloor anchor, and a mooring riser connecting the two.  The riser is made up of numerous sections of wire rope, instrumentation frames and synthetic rope. As the team transits to the Irminger Sea Array, the mooring operations team is splicing together sections of the synthetic rope. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_532923\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532923\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-609x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-532923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-609x1024.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-768x1290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-914x1536.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-1219x2048.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-1-scaled.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Jordan prepares the two ends of nylon rope that will be spliced together. Credit: Sheri N. White \u00a9WHOI.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_532926\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532926\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-1024x874.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"874\" class=\"size-large wp-image-532926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-1024x874.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-1536x1311.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image002-2048x1748.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kemp oversees the splicing. Credit: Sheri N. White \u00a9WHOI.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_532924\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532924\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-1024x838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"838\" class=\"size-large wp-image-532924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-1536x1257.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/Splice-3-2048x1676.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halfway through the splicing effort.  Credit: Sheri N. White \u00a9WHOI.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_532925\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-532925\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-1024x948.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"948\" class=\"size-large wp-image-532925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-1024x948.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-768x711.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-1536x1422.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2022\/06\/image001-2048x1896.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-532925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Jordan weaves the final strands through to complete the splice.  Credit: Sheri N. White \u00a9WHOI.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Surface Mooring consists of a surface buoy, a seafloor anchor, and a mooring riser connecting the two. The riser is made up of numerous sections of wire rope, instrumentation frames and synthetic rope. 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