ITP28 Overview     Print

	Enlarge Image ITP 28 surface package after deployment in the Markarov Basin from the R/V Academik Federov. (Photo by Sergey Unovidov)

Deployment Location: 9/1/2008, 02:00 UTC at 81° 36.9’N, 179° 43.2’W

Last Location: 12/15/2010, 13:01 UTC at 74° 37.9’ N, 18° 46.2’ W  

Duration: 836 days

Distance Travelled: 5810 km

Number of profiles: 217 in 108 days

Other instruments: none

ITP 28 was deployed on a 1.6 m thick ice floe in the Transpolar Drift from the Russian Research Vessel Federov. The ITP is operated on a typical sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.