UMN cruise 2026

Completed

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth · USA

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Research area

Operating area: Western Lake Superior

Route: To be confirmed → To be confirmed

Sep 23 – Sep 27, 20264 days at sea

Aug 2026

Sep

Oct

Blue Heron

University of Minnesota Duluth

Superior Shoals 2026 — Superior Shoals DARPA Neutrino — Western Lake Superior UMN cruise 2026 — Western Lake Superior MNDNR 2026 Survey — Western Lake Superior

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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

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

Pooled / portable

CTD
Grab Sampler

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · MFP reference 25/6489 · synced Sep 24, 2026