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	Enlarge Image Last ITP deployed in 2011, ITP 51 surface package sits on an icefloe surrounded by frozen melt ponds in front of the Polarstern. (Ben Rabe)

ITP 51 Overview

Deployment Location: 9/17/2011, 5:00 UTC at 81° 28.9’ N, 103° 10.3’ E

Last Location: 1/11/2013, 11:00 UTC at 79° 12.2’ N, 2° 13.4’ E  

Duration: 482 days

Distance Travelled: 5157 km

Number of profiles: 76 in 38 days

Other instruments: Ice beacon

ITP 51 was deployed on a 2 m thick ice floe in the Transpolar Drift during the ARK-XXVI/3 cruise (TransArc) on the R/V Polarstern as a contribution to the Hybrid Arctic/Antarctic Float Observation System (HAFOS). The ITP included a dissolved oxygen sensor and operated on a standard sampling schedule of 2 one-way profiles between 7 and 760 m depth each day.