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Met Buoy Recovery

Completed
Blue Heron

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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Planned route: 2 segments · ~5 hours steaming

Operating area: Western Lake Superior

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

Oct 14, 20251 day at seaactual: departed Oct 14, 2025, arrived Oct 14, 2025

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Project aboard

Cruise to recovery Western Lake Superior meteorological buoys prior to winter.

People aboard

  • Richard Ricketts · Principal investigator
  • Jay Austin · Chief scientist

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
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Sediment Core

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code BH25-22 · MFP reference 25/6484 · synced Sep 24, 2026