Met Buoy Work
Completed
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PortPlanned routeResearch area
Planned route: 2 segments · ~5 hours steaming
Operating area: Western Lake Superior
Route: Duluth (Minnesota) - United States → Duluth (Minnesota) - United States
Apr 21, 20261 day at seaactual: departed Apr 21, 2026, arrived Apr 21, 2026
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Blue Heron
University of Minnesota Duluth
Project aboard
Cruises to deploy and recovery meteorological buoys
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
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code BH26-01 · MFP reference 25/6555 · synced Sep 24, 2026