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 → Duluth (Minnesota) - United States

Nov 12, 20241 day at seaactual: departed Nov 12, 2024, arrived Nov 12, 2024

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Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth

Microplastics in Lake Superior '24 — Western Lake Superior MNDNR Survey — Western Lake Superior

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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 BH24-15 · MFP reference 24/4485 · synced Sep 24, 2026