UMN cruise 2024

Completed

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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PortResearch area

Operating area: Western Lake Superior

Route: Duluth (Minnesota) - United States → To be confirmed

Jul 31, 20241 day at seaactual: departed Jul 31, 2024, arrived Jul 31, 2024

Jul 2024

Aug

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth

LGL biogeochemical cycling — Great Lakes Microplastics in Lake Superior '24 — Western Lake Superior Methane Oxidation II — Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. In US waters.Great Lakes Cyanos — Lake Superior & Lake Erie

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Project aboard

These cruises utilize funding provided by the University of Minnesota. Chief Scientists will be completing seed research cruises or using their ship time to take graduate and undergraduate students on the research vessel Blue Heron.

People aboard

Richard Ricketts · Principal investigator

Party size: 6

Estimated vacant berths: 0

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
Crane
Stern A-Frame
Underway Seawater System
pCO2
Meteorological Data
Echosounder, 12kHz
ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)

Pooled / portable

CTD
Sediment Core
Grab Sampler

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code BH24-05 · MFP reference 24/4475 · synced Sep 24, 2026