2012-038-FA (CMHRP activity #2435)

Field Activity 2012-038-FA

Identifier

2012-038-FA

Alternate names

HLY1202

Purpose

To collect Arctic dredge samples if ice and available time allow.

Location

Arctic Ocean

Summary

2012 expedition into the Arctic for the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf project.

Info derived

Samples and chemical analysis;

Comments

Cruise aboard USCG Healy is funded and led by NOAA/UNH. Healy operates its own dredge equipment. USGS is aboard to inventory samples for the ECS repository. Project = LOS - New Data Acquisition,

URL

http://continentalshelf.gov/

Projects

Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins

Platform

Healy

Length 420 feet; beam 82 feet; draft 29 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Barrow, AK	2012-08-25
End	Dutch Harbor, AK	2012-09-28
Days in the field	34

Bounds

West	-171
East	-141
North	82
South	76

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Deborah R Hutchinson

Crew members

Kate McMullen

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Brian Buczkowski

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Larry Mayer (UNH), Lisa Robbins (USGS)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Biology, Geology, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Dredge	Biology, Geology	1
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)
Echosounder	Single Beam	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
HLY1202 Mud Samples	Dredge	Four mud samples collected aboard HLY1202. Specifically dredges DR1, DR2, DR3, and DR5.	Brian Buczkowski