Dynamics and Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage
Back deck ES deploying RCM PIES deployment

Cruise Schedule


Cruise
Number		 Cruise
Dates		 Cruise
Description
NBP 07-10 13 November - 7 December 2007 deploy transport line and local dynamics array of 38 CPIES and 3 current meter moorings, LADCP/CTD stations
NBP 08-12 19 November - 13 December 2008 acoustically telemeter data from the 38 CPIES and calibrate each CPIES with CTD measurements, LADCP stations
NBP 09-08 19 November - 19 December 2009 acoustically telemeter data from the 38 CPIES, calibrate each CPIES with CTD measurements, recover 3 current meter moorings and deploy a current meter calibration mooring, LADCP stations
NBP 10-04 23 October - 15 November 2010 acoustically telemeter data from the 38 CPIES, calibrate each CPIES with CTD measurements, recover current meter calibration mooring, LADCP stations
NBP 11-07 18 November - 11 December 2011 Recover CPIES, LADCP/CTD stations

RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer

All cDrake cruises are aboard the research vessel icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer. The RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer is operated by Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC) on a long-term charter from Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) Galliano, Louisiana. RPSC staffs the vessel with a charter representative to coordinate cruise planning and scheduling, and with a technical staff to support science operations. ECO provides the vessel master, ice pilot and crew.