StratiFIED-NBS-2026-1 of 2
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PortTrack / waypointPlanned routeStationMooring / vehicle
Planned route: 47 segments · ~4 days steaming · 37 stations
Operating area: Northern Bering Sea
Route: Nome (Alaska) - United States → Nome (Alaska) - United States
Sep 2 – Sep 17, 202615 days at seaactual: departed Sep 2, 2026, arrived —
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Sikuliaq
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Projects aboard (2)
Alaska Coastal Cooperative Mooring Cruise
NSF Directorate for Geosciences Office of Integrative Activities
People aboard
Alaska Coastal Cooperative Mooring Cruise
- Chris Maio · Principal investigator
StratiFIED-NBS-2026-1 of 2
- Sarah Mincks · Principal investigator
Party size: 20
Estimated vacant berths: 4
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Multibeam - Shallow-water (EM710/712/2040/Seabat 7100)
- Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Overboarding Cable - Copper Conductor(s)
- Overboarding Cable - Fiber Optic
- Crane
- Stern A-Frame
- Navigation - Heading/Position
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Underway Seawater System
- Meteorological Data
- Echosounder, 12kHz
- Pinger, 12kHz
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
- Biological multi-frequency echosounder - EK80
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Other ROV
- Winch Pool Portable Winch
- CTD
- Sediment Core
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ2608S · MFP references 23/2818, 24/4698 · synced Sep 30, 2026