Microplastics in Lake Superior '25
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Planned route: 5 segments · ~27 hours steaming · 4 stations
Operating area: Western Lake Superior
Route: Duluth (Minnesota) - United States → Duluth (Minnesota) - United States
May 6 – May 7, 20252 days at seaactual: departed May 6, 2025, arrived May 7, 2025
Apr 2025
May
Jun
Blue Heron
University of Minnesota Duluth
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 BH25-04 · MFP reference 24/4450 · synced Sep 24, 2026