CRUISES

2018 Cruises

• OSNAP 17: R/V CCGS Hudson Cruise #HUD2018008
  • April 26 – May 22, 2018 (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada – Halifax, Canada)
  • Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
  • Purpose: redeploy BIO moorings on the OSNAP line and occupy the western part of the OSNAP-West line and deploy two Argo floats
• OSNAP 18: R/V Maria S Merian
  • May 25 – June 26, 2018 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
  • Purpose: service Labrador Sea 53ºN array (OSNAP West) and Irminger Sea moorings.
• OSNAP 19: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-East lag 1)
  • June 5-24, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Amy Bower (WHOI)
  • Purpose: (re)-deploy the DWBC array east of Greenland.
• OSNAP 20: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-East lag 2)
  • July 1-30, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Bill Johns (UM)
• OSNAP 21: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
  • August 27 – October 3, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)

2017 Cruises

• OSNAP 15: RRS Discovery Cruise DY078/079
  • 6-28, May 2017 (Southampton, UK – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Penny Holliday (NOC)
  • Purpose: refurbish the OSNAP Rockall Trough moorings (RTWB1, RTWB2, RTEB2 and RTADCP1); occupy the Extended Ellett Line (EEL).
  • Cruise report
• France RREX cruise
  • Summer 2017
  • Chief scientist: Virginie Thierry (IFREMER)
  • 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 (BIO)
  • Purpose: 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.

2016 Cruises

• OSNAP 10: R/V CCGS Hudson
  • May 1 – 27, 2016
  • Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
  • Purpose: redeploy the C1, C2, C3, Hamilton Bank and Scotian Slope moorings; occupy AR7W and XHL lines, and a segment of the OSNAP-West line; deploy 7 Argo floats.
• OSNAP 11: R/V MARIA S MERIAN Cruise MSM54
  • May 12 – June 7, 2016 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
  • 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 Cruise DY053 (OSNAP-East Leg 1)
  • June 29 – July 23, 2016 (Glasgow, Scotland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
  • Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 13: RRS Discovery Cruise DY054 (OSNAP-East Leg 2)
  • July 27 – August 17, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Southampton, UK)
  • Chief scientist: Penny Holliday (NOC)
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 14: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
  • August 3 – September 8, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – St. Johns, Canada)
  • Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)

2015 Cruises

• OSNAP 7: R/V CCGS Hudson
  • May 1 – 26, 2015
  • Chief Scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
  • 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 (IFREMER)
  • Purpose: CTD casts and mooring deployments around Reykjanes Ridge
  • Cruise report (in French),  RREX mooring locations
• OSNAP 8: R/V Pelagia (OSNAP-EAST Leg 1)
  • June 12 – July 07, 2015
  • Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)
  • Purpose: service the (US) Iceland Basin and the (Scottish) Rockall Channel moorings; deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of the MAR ridge crest (western Iceland Basin).
  • Cruise report
•  OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (OSNAP-EAST Leg 2)
  • July 8 –  30, 2015
  • Chief scientist: Laura de Steur (NIOZ)
  • Purpose: service the (Dutch) Irminger Current moorings and the (British) DWBC moorings; deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of Greenland (western Irminger Basin).
  • Cruise report, Data report (NIOZ mooring)

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 (RAFOS float)
• OSNAP 3: R/V CCGS Hudson Cruise #2014017
  • 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, which is also to validate computer model configurations.
  • Cruise report
• OSNAP 4: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-221-02
  • July 6 – 30, 2014
  • Chief scientist: Bill Johns (UM)
  • Purpose: deployment of moorings, sound sources and RAFOS floats along OSNAP East
  • Cruise report from UM,  Cruise report from SAMS,  Data report (RAFOS float)
• 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 (RAFOS float)
• 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