2014 Cruises

• OSNAP 1: RRS James Clark Ross, cruise 302
  • May 31 – July 18, 2014
  • Chief scientists: Brian King and Penny Holliday (NOC)
  • Purpose: Hydrographic section across OSNAP West and East: temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, carbon and CFCs.
  • Blog postings: ukosnap.wordpress.com
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 2: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-220-01
  • June 16 – 30, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Brian Guest (WHOI)
  • Purpose: Deployment of sound sources and RAFOS floats
  • Data report (floats)
• OSNAP 3: R/V CCGS Hudson, cruise 2014-017
  • June 30 – July 15, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Blair Greenan (BIO)
  • Purpose: Improve understanding of ocean currents, variability and dispersion in the vicinity of Sackville Spur through the use of moored measurements and to validate computer model configurations
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 4: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-221-02
  • July 6 – 30, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Bill Johns (U. of Miami)
  • Purpose: Deployment of moorings, sound sources and RAFOS floats along OSNAP East
  • Cruise report by U. of Miami,  Cruise report by SAMS,  Data report (floats)
• OSNAP 5: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-221-03
  • August 3 – 31, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
  • Purpose: Deployment of moorings, sound sources and RAFOS floats along OSNAP West
  • Cruise report, Data report (floats)
• OSNAP 6: R/V Thalassa Cruise MSM 40
  • August 6 – 25, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
  • Purpose: Recovery and deployment of moored instrumentation as well as of surveys of the water column at selected stations.
  • Cruise report

2015 Cruises

• OSNAP 7: R/V CCGS Hudson
  • May 1 – 26, 2015
  • Chief Scientist: Igor Yashayaev
  • Purpose: moorings to be recovered and redeployed at C1, C2 & C3 in the western Labrador Basin
  • Data report
• France RREX cruise: R/V Thassala
  • June 05 – July 10, 2015
  • Chief scientist: Virginie Thierry
  • Purpose: CTD casts and mooring deployments around Reykjanes Ridge
  • Cruise report (French),  RREX mooring locations
• OSNAP 8: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 1)
  • June 12 – July 07, 2015
  • Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham
  • Purpose: To service the (US) Iceland Basin and the (Scottish) Rockall Channel moorings; to deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of the MAR ridge crest (western Iceland Basin).
  • Cruise report
•  OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2)
  • July 8 –  30, 2015
  • Chief scientist: Laura de Steur
  • Purpose: To service the (Dutch) Irminger Current moorings and the (British) DWBC moorings; to deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of Greenland (western Irminger Basin).
  • Cruise report, Data report (NIOZ)

2016 Cruises

• OSNAP 10: R/V CCGS Hudson
  • May 1 – 27, 2016
  • Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev
  • Purpose: The purpose of our cruise was to redeploy the C1, C2, C3, Hamilton Bank and Scotian Slope moorings, occupy AR7W and XHL lines, and a segment of the OSNAP-West line and deploy 7 Argo floats.We also plan a cruise in September-October 2017 with all the same items and lead, but instead of XHL and Scotian Slope moorings we’ll do Davis Strait oceanography and moorings.
• OSNAP 11: MARIA S MERIAN (MSM54)
  • May 12 – June 7, 2016 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen
  • Cruise report
• France IFREMER cruise: R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa
  • June 1 – July 13, 2016
  • OVIDE section (Vigo, Spain – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Fiz Perez (IIM, Vigo)
  • Spanish cruise in collaboration with France
• OSNAP 12: RRS Discovery (Leg 1)
  • June 29 – July 23, 2016 (Glasgow, Scotland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 13: RRS Discovery (Leg 2)
  • July 27 – August 17, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Southampton, UK)
  • Chief scientist: Penny Holliday
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 14: R/V Neil Armstrong
  • August 3 – September 8, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – St. Johns, Canada)
  • Chief scientist: Bob Pickart

2017 Cruises

• UK SAMS/NOC cruise: RRS Discovery
  • Summer, 2017 (eastern boundary, west of Scotland/Rockall)
  • Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham
  • Purpose: CTD casts and moorings recovery
• France RREX cruise
  • Summer 2017
  • Chief scientist: Virginie Thierry
  • Purpose: CTD casts, moorings recovery, and deployment of deep Argo floats
• OSNAP 16: R/V CCGS Hudson
  • September 15 – October 10, 2017
  • Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev
  • Purpose: The purpose of this cruise is to redeploy the C1, C2, C3 and Hamilton Bank moorings, occupy the AR7W line and the western section of the OSNAP-West line, deploy 13 Argo floats and conduct mooring recoveries and oceanographic work in Davis Strait.

2018 Plans

• Germany GEOMAR cruise: Maria S Merian
  • May 25 – June 26, 2018 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen
  • Labrador Sea 53ºN array (OSNAP West) and Irminger Sea
• US OSNAP cruise: R/V Neil Armstrong
  • Summer  2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Cheif scientist: Bill Johns
• US OSNAP cruise: R/V Neil Armstrong
  • Summer 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Woods Hole, MA)
  • Chief scientist: Bob Pickart