This is where we need to deploy ...
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The author, Andreas Muenchow during an ADCP profiling section across Kennedy Channel; Greenland in the background.
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This guy needs a shower and a shave and some sleep ...
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A tired and excited UDel scientist, Andreas Muenchow.
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Crozier and Franklin Island off Greenland to the north.
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Note the ice behind the islands in Kennedy Channel.
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Ah, finally we reached the coast of Greenland (Cape Jefferson) and our first mooring location; view is into Kane Basin in the south-east; it's also our first CT/CTD mooring site.
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Last minute preparations for deployment of the first mooring.
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David Huntley (UDel) directing movement of anchor chains for mooring deployment.
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This is the anchor weight for a single, light CT/CTD mooring.
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Now everone is getting ready to deploy our first mooring; Kap Jefferson in the background.
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MST1 Cullen, LT1 Robertson, Peter Gamble, and David Huntley review deployment procedures.
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Early morning off Greenland just prior to the first mooring deployment off Greenland; the water here are melt ponds on multi-year ice.
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Trying to find a good spot for deployment amidst very thick multi-year ice that keeps moving north from Kane Basin.
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Yikes, not much to do except watch the ship maneuver ...
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Deep blue ice indicates much compressed, hard, multi-year ice.
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An opening?
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Clear water to the north, but that's not where we need the mooring to go.
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View is to the north-east, cloudcover is about 2000 feet.
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This is what we need to deploy.
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A ray of sun touches Crozier island.
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Marine Science Technician First Class Bridget Cullen,; David Huntley assists.
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David Huntley secures the ADCP mooring to be moved for deployment in an open patch of water in very thick ice; the view is into Kane Basin in the south.
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The first of eight ADCP moorings is being deployed over the aft-deck of the USCGC Healy.
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There she comes down slowly, anchor first. This is the ice-free season in Kennedy Channel.
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