UMN cruise 2025

Completed

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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Operating area: Western Lake Superior

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

Oct 28, 20251 day at seaactual: departed Oct 28, 2025, arrived Oct 28, 2025

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Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth

MNDNR Survey — Western Lake Superior GLaME 2025 Fall — Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario

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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
Craig Hill · 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
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 BH25-25 · MFP reference 25/6469 · synced Sep 24, 2026