Burial of cable Segments 2 and 3, which are connected to Primary Node 1B, is continuing. ...
Operations for the deployment of Primary Node 1B (PN1B) started late in the evening of July 19. Just before midnight it was confirmed that the no ...
Splicing of primary node PN1B into segment 3 was completed overnight and finished by 9:00am this morning. TE Subcom’s splicers are now work ...
By 0300h the end of cable Segment 2 was buoyed off and we were headed to the end of our next cable segment (3), a few miles away. This time aroun ...
After 2 days of continuous effort, 3 grapnel runs, and 3 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive attempts, we finally recovered the shallow end of c ...
By 4 pm today, Primary Node 1A had been successfully landed perfectly flat on the seafloor to within an incredibly-precise 35 meters of the inten ...
OOI personnel at the shore station in Pacific City, Oregon, are actively involved in node installation. They are monitoring activities as the ...
It's 9:00 am. We have just finished recovering 10km of Segment 2 and the cable is being tested once again. We are getting ready to relay it a ...
Our very first operation has been a success! We recovered the end of cable Segment 1 using a grapnel towed behind the vessel. ...
In preparation for OOI RSN primary node deployment in summer 2012, tests of rigging configurations took place on April 17 and 18, 2012. ...
A successful Critical Design Review (CDR) for the RSN Secondary Nodes subsystem took place at the University of Washington ...
Work began in January 2012 on the design and build of the Regional Scale Nodes' first Core Non-Commercial instrument ...
The NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative achieved several significant milestones in 2011, including the installation of the Regional Scale Nodes ca ...
In August 2010, RSN Engineers deployed two half-size test frames, one at Hydrate Ridge and one at Axial Seamount ...
Installation of the 900 km (540 miles) of the main, or backbone, OOI cable off the coast of Oregon was completed on September 5, 2011. ...
After three weeks at sea, the R/V Thompson turned east yesterday for the 28-hour steam home. This cruise has been incredibly busy and as we head ...
As part of the VISIONS '11 education programs, Dr. Leslie Sautter, professor of geology at the College of Charleston, will lead ...
Today was the final ROPOS dive of the series, ending with an exciting dive in the new hydrothermal field discovered at the beginning of Leg 2. ...
Yesterday and into the early afternoon was a long “day” with a lot of seafloor covered by the ROV in the caldera of Axial Seamount. ...
According to my calculation, today August 29th 2011 is day 63 of the OOI cable installation. We had a short and unexpected break in Portland, Ore ...
ROPOS was in the water by mid afternoon for the start of Dive 1472 – a long one anticipated to run for the next 20-24 hrs! ...
Today was a busy day with the termination of a very long dive that started last night and ended in the afternoon. ...
Cable route and ASHES: Following another cable route survey across the caldera of Axial Seamount this morning, the rest of the d ...
The day started early with the first live-streaming class as part of the VAST (Visions at-Sea Telepresence) program led by Dr. Leslie Sautter ...