Escanaba
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PortStation
Operating area: Escanaba Trough
Route: Newport (Oregon) - United States → Newport (Oregon) - United States
May 26 – Jun 14, 202219 days at seaactual: departed May 26, 2022, arrived Jun 14, 2022
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Thomas G. Thompson
University of Washington
Larv-sym interaction +1 — Lau Basin Series of 6 hydrothermal vents along ~400km north-south spreading centers. Well studied series of vent fields that was a Ridge 2000 Integrated study site.Transit HI > OR — North PacificEscanaba +1 — Escanaba TroughDeformation at Axial +1 — In and around the summit of Axial SeamountGrazing at Axial +1 — Axial Seamount in the summit caldera
Projects aboard (2)
Escanaba
Exploring the seafloor and oceanic footprints of Escanaba Trough hydrothermal sulfide system. We have requested funding through USGS and BOEM ($700,000, pending FY19 appropriations) and NOAA ($750,000, proposal pending).
People aboard
Escanaba
- Amy Gartman · Principal investigator
Sentry 2022 Engineering Dives-Gartman
- Sean Kelley · Principal investigator
Party size: 30
Estimated vacant berths: 5
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Multibeam - Deep Water (EM122, EM124)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code TN-403: Escanaba · MFP references 21/201, 21/768 · synced Sep 30, 2026