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Superior Shoals 2026

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Blue Heron

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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Planned route: 2 segments · ~47 hours steaming

Operating area: Superior Shoals

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


Sep 1 – Sep 4, 20263 days at sea

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Project aboard

Michael Rennie at Lakehead University proposes to revisit the Lake Superior Shoals and recovery and redeploy gear that was left on the shoals.


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
  • Echosounder, 28/200kHz
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Other ROV

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · MFP reference 25/6554 · synced Sep 24, 2026