Advanced autonomous robotics for environmental data collection at the Polar Front
In cooperation with the Nansen Legacy programme led by UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Akvaplan-niva will contribute to a PhD course during a research cruise to the Northern Barents Sea. The cruise will start in Tromsø on May 14th and end in Tromsø on May 22nd. The key idea behind the cruise is to carry out a detailed characterization of the Polar Front using a combination of traditional and autonomous sampling platforms and techniques. To this end, Equinor is financing the deployment of the Akvaplan-niva fleet of gliders which comprises two Seaglider Hydroid M1 and two Sailbuoys (Offs...