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| Institution (data) |
Deployer (cruise report) |
Date
Deployed (animation) |
Dropsite |
#units | Science |
Status (customized googlemap) |
Type of Unit (photo) |
Fate (photo) |
| Educational Passages | Baldwin | 12 May 2012 | Gulf Stream | 5 | educational | underway | boats under sail | boats under sail; blown ashore by two tropical storms Alberto and Beryll landing 25 May through 29 May, and relaunched a few weeks later. Two washed ashore in Newfoundland on 20 August, recovered with help from Clarence Careen and Alphonsus Murphy, refurbished by Dwight Howse, and redeployed on Oct 11th just west of the Grand Banks. One apparently went down in Hurrican Raphael mid-ocean. One landed in South Wales and was redeployed SW of the Azores at end of March 2013. |
| Penn State/GLERL | Boughton/Schwab | 07 May 2012 17 May 2012 25 Sep 2012 09 Nov 2012 07 Dec 2012 | Lake Erie | 5 | educational/science | done | wood Eddie | 1st died after 2 days, 2nd apparently went over the falls on 4 June, 3rd failed in late June, 4th lost ballast after a few weeks, 5th apparently lost flotation, washed up a few towns south of Buffalo, and the 6th hungup a few miles prior to the falls |
| NOAA Teachers at Sea | Annetta/Haas/Smolowitz | 01 June 2012 | Mid-Atlantic Bight | 4 | educational/turtles | done | wood Eddie | Teacher-made surface drifters get away from the tagged turtles. Of the three entrained into Gulf Stream, one encountered a "warm core ring", another a "cold core ring", and one apparently went down with in the wrath of Hurricane Rafael in mid-October but then cam back to life. |
| Cape Henlopen High School/Univ. of Delaware | Geppert/Luther | 20 Aug 2012 22 Oct 2012 | Mid Atlantic Bight Mid Atlantic Ridge | 1 1 | educational | underway | experimental Dans | The first deployed mid-shelf, headed northeast, and started failing in early October. The second, deployed mid-ocean, ... |
| NOAA SEFSC | Mansfield | 20 Oct 2012 22 Oct 2012 | Gulf of Mexico | 2 2 | turtles | done | Eddie/Bucket pairs | diverged significantly with one headed west and ... |
| Educational Passages | Baldwin | 02 Dec 2012 | Gulf Stream | 3 | educational | underway! | boats under sail | deployed Dec 1st off N. Carolina by Joe Robillard... |
| SMCC | Long/Tarbox | 12 Feb 2013 | Casco Bay | 1 | educational | done | wood Eddie | usual southward flow for first month through a series of Northeasters that eventually, on the morning of 7 March, shipwrecked it on the outer beach of North Truro Massachusetts where it was apparently buried in the sand |
| Swampscott High | Wilbur | 13 Mar 2013 | Mass Bay | 1 | educational | underway | wood Eddie | deployed by lobsterman Justin Mahoney from Nahant, stalled into Cape Cod Bay for a few weeks, headed quickly to Great South Channel, stalled there for a few weeks, traveled across the Northeast Channel on to the Scotian Shelf, and ... ... |
| NOAA/PIFSC/TAMAR | Mansfield | 4-8 Mar 2013 | off Brazil | 4 | turtles | done | 3 buckets & 1 eddie | one failed after 1st day but showed up a week later on the beach, the others documented quick advection south along the coast and ended up in the same area |
| Dartmouth High | Brumsted | 08 Apr 2013 | SNE Shelf | 1 | educational | done | wood Eddie | deployed by New Bedford scalloper, Carlos Pereira, from the F/V Acores off Wellfleet, washed into Nauset Marsh after a few days of easterlies, recovered by Suzanne Phillips, an ornithologist for the Town of Chatham, picked up by Jim Manning, redeployed as GLPCS by .... |
| Global Learning Charter School | Harris | 08 Apr 2013 | SNE Shelf | 1 | educational | done | wood Eddie | deployed by New Bedford scalloper, Carlos Pereira, from the F/V Acores off Wellfleet, washed into Nauset Marsh after a few days of easterlies, recovered by Scott Rushnak while picking mussels, picked up by Janice Dill, head of the "environmetal challenge" group of home schooled children, and redeployed at DHS by ... |
| New England Science and Sailing | Horrigan | 24 Apr 2013 | NJ Shelf | 2 | educational | underway | wood Eddie | deployed by a scalloper out of Stonington, Ct, Bob Bomster. One apparently failed with only a few GPS reported after deployment while the other looked healthy for about a week and then started to fail as well mid-shelf |
| Global Learning Charter and Falmouth High School | Harris/Reynolds/Milliken | 25 Apr 2013 | Nantucket Sound | 1 | educational | underway | wood Eddie | deployed by Zephyr Education boat with Falmouth High School students aboard, visited Long Island Sound in early May, returned to shelf, ... ... |
| NOAA/PIFSC/TAMAR | Mansfield | 01 May 2013 | off Brazil | 4 | turtles | done | 3 buckets & 1 Eddie | a few apparently failed on 1st day, but the other two documented quick advection NORTH and then died |
| Newburyport High | Masterson | 10 May 2013 | Southern Maine Coast | 2 | educational | underway | wood Eddie | deployed by fishermen from Newburyport MA, one episodic with transmissions |
| Dartmouth High and Environmental Challenge Group | Brumsted/Dill | 12 May 2013 | Georges Bank | 1 | educational | underway | wood Eddie | to be deployed by Fairhaven lobsterman, George Beckford , from the F/V Sallie and Catherine off .... |
| NOAA/SEFSC | Mansfield | 21 May 2013 | Gulf of Mexico | 4 | turtles | underway | 3 buckets & 1 Eddie? | refurbished TrackPacks |
| Patriot Boats | Tietje/Bowden | 24 May 2013 | Nantucket Sound | 1 | experimental | underway | 1st bamboo "Cassie" | deployed by Massasoit's Jen & Colin |
| Cub Scouts & Retirement Center | Baldwin | May 2013 | Gulf Stream | 2 | educational | planned | boats under sail | to be deployed in the Gulf Stream off the State of Maine training vessel |
| Bristol Community College | Rak | May 2013 | SNE Shelf | 1 | educational | planned | PVC Rachel | to be deployed by ... |
| Massasoit Community College | McFadden | May 2013 | Cape Cod Bay | 1 | educational | planned | wood Eddie | to be deployed by fishermen from Plymouth, MA |
| Truro Elementary and Brewster Family School | Klimkosky/O'Leary/Skayne | May 2013 | East of Cape Cod | 2 | educational | planned | wood Eddie and bamboo Cassie | to be deployed by fishermen from Truro, MA |
| UCONN | Whitney | June 2013 | Long Island Sound | 9 | river input | planned | bamboo Cassie | to be deployed by grad students |
| Gulf of Maine Institute | Lockwood | July 2013 | Digby Nova Scotia | 2 | educational | planned | wood Eddie | to be deployed by fishermen from Digby, NS |
