CRUISES

2020 Cruises

OSNAP 28: RRS Discovery Cruise DY120
- October 8 – October 24, 2020 (Southampton, England – Southampton, England)
- Chief scientist (OSNAP lead): Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)
- Iceland basin and Rockall Trough: Turnaround of Rockall Trough and Iceland Basin CLASS and OSNAP moorings; turnaround of CLASS Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Darwin Mounds and Whittard Canyon moorings; calibration CTDs; possibly glider operations.
- Cruise report

OSNAP 27: R/V Neil Armstrong
- September 18 – October 21, 2020 (Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA)
- Chief scientist: Bill Johns (UM)
- Iceland basin: Turnaround of U.S. Iceland Basin moorings (7 in total); CTD’s for caldip and near mooring sites prior to recovery; recovery of three Navy (NISKINe program) moorings.

OSNAP 26: R/V Neil Armstrong
- August 8 – September 11, 2020 (Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA)
- Chief scientist: Sebastian Bigorre; OSNAP lead: Heather Furey
- Irminger Sea: Full turn-around of the OOI moorings (including FLMA and FLMB, which are part of OSNAP line); full turn-around of 4 GDWBC OSNAP moorings; possible turn-around of a small number of CF moorings if not completed on OSNAP West cruise.

OSNAP 25: R/V Maria S Merian MSM94
- August 2 – September 5, 2020 (Emden, Germany – Emden, Germany)
- Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
- Labrador Sea: 53N array mooring servicing

OSNAP 24: R/V CCGS Amundsen AZOMP/OSNAP cruise
- July 17 – August 7, 2020 (Halifax, Nova Scotia – St.John’s, Newfoundland)
- Chief scientist: Davit Hebert (BIO)
- Labrador Sea: Recover and deploy BIO moorings (5 in total) on the upper Labrador slope and shelf

OSNAP 23: R/V Pelagia
- 11 July – 16 August, 2020 (Texel, Netherlands – Texel, Netherlands)
- Chief scientist: Femke de Jong (NIOZ)
- Irminger Sea and Iceland Basin: IC moorings turnaround; CTD stations; deploy drifters; recover French landers on the ridge.

OSNAP 22: R/V Neil Armstrong
- June 23 – August 1, 2020 (Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA)
- Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
- Labrador and Irminger Seas: To turnaround the LS and CF moorings (9 tall moorings, 8tripods); any remaining CF moorings will be serviced on the subsequent Armstrong cruise.

2018 Cruises

OSNAP 21: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
- August 27 – October 3, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
- Cruise report

OSNAP 20: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-East lag 2)
- July 1-30, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Bill Johns (UM)
- Cruise report

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
- Cruise report

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
- Cruise report (short version)

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

2017 Cruises

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

France RREX cruise
- Summer 2017
- Chief scientist: Virginie Thierry (IFREMER)
- Purpose: CTD casts, moorings recovery, and deployment of deep Argo floats
- Cruise report

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

2016 Cruises

OSNAP 14: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
- August 3 – September 8, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – St. Johns, Canada)
- Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
- 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 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 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 (OVIDE section): R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa
- June 1 – July 13, 2016 (Vigo, Spain – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Fiz Perez (IIM, Vigo)
- Spanish cruise in collaboration with France

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

2015 Cruises

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)

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

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 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

2014 Cruises

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

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 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 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 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 1: RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 302May 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.wordpre ss.com
- Cruise report