OCRA-4_2024-Spring

Completed

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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Planned route: 5 segments · ~30 hours steaming · 3 stations

Operating area: Orca Basin

Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States

May 23 – May 28, 20245 days at seaactual: departed May 23, 2024, arrived May 28, 2024

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Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

TRW Antenna deployment — Gulf of Mexico.OCRA-4_2024-Spring — Orca Basin GF-Su-24 — Territorial waters of the coast of Louisiana Gulf 2024 — Gulf of Mexico

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Project aboard

This cruise is one of several Carboniferous Inc. and UCSB science team research cruises to evaluate the feasibility of placing biomass in the Orca Basin area in the Gulf of Mexico as a potential net-negative Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) pathway. Cruise objectives generally include lander recovery, engineering tests, temporary biomass placement, environmental monitoring (CTD casts and water sampling), and experiment recovery.

People aboard

Morgan Raven · Chief scientist
Allison Matzelle · Principal investigator

Party size: 8

Estimated vacant berths: 8

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
Crane
Stern A-Frame

Pooled / portable

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Matzelle · MFP reference 23/4022 · synced Sep 24, 2026