Area of Operations: Canada Basin, United States, Canada, North America, Arctic Ocean
Dates: September 06, 2008 to October 01, 2008
Chief scientist: Deborah Hutchinson
Jon Childs, USGS-Menlo Park
Objectives: Collect bathymetry, chirp sub-bottom, and gravity data as well as break ice for a second ship (LOUIS S. ST. LAURENT) as part of delimiting the boundary of the U.S. extended continental shelf in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean.
Type of Activity: Multibeam Bathymetry and Gravity;Multibeam Bathymetry and Gravity
Information to be derived:
Summary: There were 5146 km of tracklines (multibeam, sub-bottom and gravity). Total area imaged was 39,311 km2 with the SeaBeam 2112. 11 stations were occupied for CTD and 10 stations for phytoplankton analysis.
Contact: Bill Danforth (bdanforth@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier H-2-08-AR. Visit this site for more information.
Related Links: http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2010/08/
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/outreach2.html
http://www.icefloe.net/reports_healy.html
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=2013&from=sf
http://www.ogj.com/display_article/338772/120/ARTCL/none/ExplD/1/US,-Canada-to-map-unexplored-Arctic-sea-floor,-USGS-says/
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/09/fieldwork2.html
http://soundwaves.er.usgs.gov/2009/04/
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcHealy/
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