Starting the first ADCP section across Kennedy Channel from Ellesmere Island.
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The fog is thick off Ellesmere only, clear air off Greenland a little later.
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Remnants of icy bits.
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View towards the south-west as the USCGC cutter steams towards Greenland in the east.
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Greenland in the background, notice that we are moving out of the fog.
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ADCP urrent meter moorings lay at the ready to be deployed on this section after this initial survey of currents (ADCP) and bottom (SeaBeam).
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A closeup of moorings assembled ready for deployment on the aft-deck of the USCGC Healy.
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Greenland, we will need to cut through the patch of ice to reach our waypoint and first mooring deployment location.
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View of Crozier and Franklin Island in Kennedy Channel with Greenland in the background, view is to the north-east.
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Franklin Island off Greenland, notice the thick ice center-right that probably originates from Peterman glacier to the north.
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Entering a "patch" of multi-year ice off Greenland to reach our first mooring deployment site.
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Cutting through tne ice, ADCP moorings ready for deployment.
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Yikes, the hull-mounted ADCP of the USCGC Healy is still on and collecting good data!
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Multi-year ice as we are approaching Greenland at the southern entrance of Kennedy Channel.
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Crozier Island with Petermann glacier ice; ADCP transducers and anchor chains litter the aft-deck of the USCGC Healy.
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Tryng to reach our deployment location ...
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Crozier Island off Greenland, thick Petermann ice along with multi-year ice entering Kennedy Channel from Kane Basin in the south.
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Multi-year ice breaking.
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Breaking ice 2 ...
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Breaking ice 3 ...
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Breaking ice 4 ...
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Breaking ice 5 ...
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Breaking ice 6 ...
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Breaking ice 7 ...
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Eight ADCP moorings ready for deployment.
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