of the 25,000-mile circumnavigation understanding of changing conditions near Barrow, Alaska. The tracking
of North and South America and in the atmosphere and ocean. device on the buoy was still working
will further support the expedition’s Rigor notes that “observations from and Rigor noted the instrument’s
mission of highlighting the changing ships provide a wealth of information exact coordinates. Ice and satellite
conditions of our oceans. that helps us understand our oceans data provided by the UW-APL, the
With major funding from The and climate, especially in the data National Ice Center, and the Canadian
Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the Around sparse Arctic,” and says, “Ocean Watch Ice Service, which form the North
the Americas expedition is the first has been providing data that enhances American Ice Service (NAIS), were
of its kind, taking an intimate, often the weather and sea ice forecasts.” critical in helping with this recovery.
scientifically-focused look at the health The buoy will be sent to Christian
of the world’s oceans and the impact International Arctic Buoy Program Michelsen Research in Norway for
of global climate change on local Details and Achievements refurbishing and redeployment.
environments and ecosystems. The Tracked by satellite and weighing After a brief stay in Cambridge Bay,
converted 64’ sailboat named Ocean approximately 45 pounds, each buoy Ocean Watch will continue to traverse
Watch serves as a research platform to is equipped with sensors to measure the Northwest Passage, en route to
collect data and test new field methods air pressure and surface temperature – the next scheduled stop in Resolute,
on its unusual and sometimes remote data widely used by both weather and Nunavut.
expedition. Ten scientists from seven ice forecasters. Since 1979, the IABP The non-profit program is co-
institutions (UW-APL, the Joint Institute has deployed nearly 1000 buoys. In produced by Sailors for the Sea in
for the Study of the Atmosphere and 2008, data from the buoys played an Boston and Pacific Science Center in
Ocean (JISAO), RMR Co., MIT Sea instrumental role in having the polar Seattle.
Grant, NASA, Western Washington bear listed on the threatened species
University, and Yale University) have list. Daily reports of their progress are
placed a diverse suite of instruments on After approximately two years, filed from the boat along with photos and
board Ocean Watch to collect “datasets the IABP buoys stop transmitting video at
www.aroundtheamericas.org. Or
of opportunity” throughout the their location and are typically lost. go to the
www.48north.com homepage
expedition. Their research spans topics However, the crew of Ocean Watch where there is a hotlink to the Around the
ranging from sea ice and weather to recently retrieved one of the IABP buoys Americas site.
jellyfish populations and underwater deployed in 2006 from an island in the
sound: all projects contribute to the Chukchi Sea, where it was beached
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