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OOI Papa 2022

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Sikuliaq

Sikuliaq

University of Alaska Fairbanks · USA

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Operating area: Station Papa-Gulf of Alaska 100nm

Route: Seward (Alaska) - United States → Seattle (Downtown Piers) (Washington) - United States


May 12 – May 30, 202218 days at seaactual: departed May 12, 2022, arrived May 30, 2022

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Projects aboard (3)

OOI Papa 2022

Establish global site at PAPA. CGSN of OOI will deploy dual profiler mooring, two flanking subsurface moorings, and three gliders.


People aboard

OOI Papa 2022

  • Kristopher Newhall · Principal investigator

PAPA

  • Patrick Berk · Principal investigator

Waves at Papa

  • Jim Thomson · Principal investigator

Party size: 10

Estimated vacant berths: 14

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
  • Multibeam - Deep Water (EM122, EM124)
  • Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
  • Underway Seawater System
  • pCO2
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)
  • Biological multi-frequency echosounder - EK80

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Winch Pool Portable Winch

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ202208S · MFP references 21/102, 22/1672, 21/269 · synced Sep 30, 2026