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Ears of the Deep, Part IV: Recovering and Deploying Moorings

By Kevin Fall · September 24, 2008 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY, ON THE BEAUFORT SEA– Recovering a mooring of any significant size essentially amounts to getting it to the surface and picking it up with a ship using a crane... {Read More »}


Ears of the Deep, Part III: Placing a Mooring

By Kevin Fall · September 17, 2008 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY, ON THE BEAUFORT SEA– Kate's moorings, like most others, are constructed to be placed on the sea floor at a particular location and depth... {Read More »}


Ears of the Deep: Hydrophone Arrays

By Kevin Fall · August 27, 2008 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY, ON THE BEAUFORT SEA-- While much of the Coast Guard personnel continued to host the distinguished visitors, the science work increased in tempo. The primary science activity to be accomplished on the cruise is to recover and deploy moorings... {Read More »}