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SE-AK-2024

Completed
Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

University of Washington · USA

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PortPlanned routeStationResearch area

Planned route: 4 segments · ~6 days steaming · 2 stations

Operating area: Behm Canal, AK

›3 legs· Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States → Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States
  1. 1Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States→Ketchikan (Alaska) - United StatesJun 17 – Jun 21, 2024 · 3 d
  2. 2Ketchikan (Alaska) - United States→Ketchikan (Alaska) - United StatesJun 21 – Jun 28, 2024 · 7 d
  3. 3Ketchikan (Alaska) - United States→Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United StatesJun 29 – Jul 2, 2024 · 3 d

Jun 17 – Jul 2, 202415 days at seaactual: departed Jun 17, 2024, arrived Jul 2, 2024

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Project aboard

Using autonomous, moored, and ship-based sensors, this project will study upper ocean processes in Behm Canal, Alaska.


People aboard

  • Jim Thomson · Chief scientist
  • Sophia Merrifield · Principal investigator

Party size: 11

Estimated vacant berths: 2

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Underway Seawater System
  • Meteorological Data
  • Echosounder, 12kHz
  • Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Other AUV
  • Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS)

Science party brings

  • Science Supplied Portable Winch

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code RC-0120: Behm Canal · MFP reference 24/4142 · synced Sep 24, 2026