September 2017 - A team led by the
Office of Naval Research (ONR) deploys Air-Deployable
Expendable Ice Buoys (AXIB) in the high Arctic near the
North Pole from a Royal Danish Air Force C-130 aircraft
operating out of Thule Air Force Base in Greenland, as part
of the International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP). Included on
the team were personnel from the U.S. National/Naval Ice
Center, Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, Environment
and Climate Change Canada and the University of Washington.
The buoys provide real-time weather
and oceanographic data to enhance forecasting, and
environmental models thereby reducing operational risk for
assets operating in the Arctic.
U.S. Navy video by John F. Williams Video edited by USA Patriotism!
