July 2026 - OSNAP

Day 13.07.2026 – OSNAP 2026 cruise

July 14, 2026 Admin

As we approach Reykjavik during our final days of the first leg of the 2026 OSNAP cruise, we ask ourselves – who will win the World Cup? Between our moments…

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday

The mooring team with R/V Pelagia deck crew, standing by a mooring anchor while towing the mooring to its final deployment spot.

ea time for the Principal Scientific Officer of the cruise (Stuart, on the left) during the recovery of the first US mooring, lead by Bill (in the middle). Dom (on the right side) observed with attention the work on the back deck.

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

Graduate students Roos Bol from NIOZ (left) and James Coogan from SAMS (right), at the CTD computer console.

photo by Penny Holliday

Penny working on the mooring spool together with GEOMAR student Ilmar Leinmann (Photo credit: Penny Holliday)

Attaching a current meter to a mooring. photo by Penny Holliday

The RV Pelagia, our home for the duration of this cruise.

Deploying a RAFOS float. photo by Penny Holliday

Heather Furey (WHOI) and Mark Graham (UMiami) get the rosette ready for the first calibration cast of microcats and test of releases before Leg 2 moorings are deployed. Also on the package are the CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) sensors which relay water property values up a conducting cable as the package is lowered to near the sea floor.

Robert reels in the rosette.