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R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.

R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.
R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.
R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.
R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.
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Sheasley, Kent Doyle
R/V Neil Armstrong stationed at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound.
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04/18/2006
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Caption in Oceanus magazine, Vol. 54, No. 1, inside front cover:
The research vessel Neil Armstrong paused at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland so that its crew could carry out deck work in sheltered waters. This area of the ocean is one of the windiest in the world. It’s also a key crossroads for some of the world’s most important ocean currents, whose circulation plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.
The Armstrong, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was in the region in the summer of 2018 on an expedition led by WHOI physical oceanographer Bob Pickart. The mission was to service equipment in an international network of moorings that spans the North Atlantic. Instruments on the moorings are providing unprecedented, year-round, surface-to-bottom measurements of seawater temperature, salinity, current velocities, and other data in this harsh, largely unexplored—but critical—region.
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The research vessel Neil Armstrong paused at the mouth of Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland recently so its crew could carry out deck work in sheltered waters. The team led by WHOI physical oceanographer Bob Pickart is currently working in the region, one of the windiest in the global ocean, to service moored instruments that are part of OSNAP (Overturning in the Sub-polar North Atlantic Program) West array. The array supports instruments that provide a continuous record of physical, chemical, and biological conditions that might affect a critical part of Earth's climate system, including the flow of fresh water from the Greenland Ice Sheet just visible in the top of the photo.
Photo by Kent Sheasley
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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