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Microplastics in Lake Superior '24

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Blue Heron

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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Planned route: 2 segments · ~14 hours steaming

Operating area: Western Lake Superior

Route: Duluth (Minnesota) - United States → Duluth (Minnesota) - United States

Oct 21 – Oct 23, 20242 days at seaactual: departed Oct 21, 2024, arrived Oct 23, 2024

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Project aboard

Sediment trap and McLane pumping work for microplastics

People aboard

  • Richard Ricketts · Principal investigator

Party size: 6

Estimated vacant berths: 0

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Underway Seawater System
  • pCO2
  • Meteorological Data

Pooled / portable

  • CTD

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code BH24-09 · MFP reference 24/4471 · synced Sep 24, 2026