CY2017 Navy-funded cruises on R/V Sikuliaq
Abstract
This proposal request is for funding UAF ship operations for one Office of Naval Research cruise on R/V Sikuliaq in the 2017 calendar year with operations in the arctic. The day rate for the ship is all-inclusive and includes the Marine Technician costs who will help facilitate shore-side and at-sea logistics as well as function as the primary operator of any vessel-supplied oceanographic instrumentation. The ship is scheduled to operate on a 24 hour a day schedule while at sea. The vessel was last inspected by Jamestown Marine Services NSF inspection team March 2016 and was ultimately declared to be in compliance with required standards. R/V Sikuli"aq, pronounced [see-KOO-lee-auk], is a 261-foot oceanographic research ship capable of bringing scientists to the ice-choked waters"" of Alaska and the Polar Regions. The Sikuliaq, one of the most advanced university research vessels in the world, is able to break"" ice up to 2.5 feet thick. Constructed at Marinette Marine Corporation, a shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, the Sikuliaq is home por""ted in Alaska, at UAF s Seward Marine Center in Seward Alaska.The vessel is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by"" the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, as part of the U.S. academic research fleet. It" is used by scientists in the U.S. and international oceanographic community through the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System. Marine scientists in the U.S. first expressed the need for this vessel in 1973. After 36 years of development and the cons"ideration of multiple vessel designs, construction began on the ship in December 2009. The Glosten Associates, a marine architecture"" and engineering firm in Seattle, designed the vessel in 2004.R/V Sikuliaq allows researchers to collect sediment samples directly f""rom the seafloor, host remotely operated vehicles, use a flexible suite of winches to raise and lower scientific equipment, and cond"uct surveys throughout the water column and sea bottom using an extensive set of research instrumentation. The vessel design strives" to have the lowest possible environmental impact, including a low underwater-radiated noise signature for marine mammal and fisheri""es work. Sikuliaq has accommodations for up to 26 scientists and students at a time, including those with disabilities. University o""f Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Seward Marine Center (CFOS/SMC) has successfully operated R/V Sikuliaq"" since the cooperative agreement was signed on August 1, 2014. The Seward Marine Center is located on the Kenai Peninsula at the he""ad of Resurrection Bay, Alaska and has the distinction of being the northernmost ice-free port in Alaska. With its extensive railway" and trucking network Seward is uniquely suited for the staging of Arctic operations. The Sikuliaq will serve scientists from instit"utions around the world as well as University of Alaska Fairbanks.During 2017, R/V Sikuliaq will provide ship time for several resea""rch and marine science educational programs funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Uni""versity of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) and the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB).This funding reques""t is to support Dr. Jesse Angle from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City (NSWC_PCD). After a 5-day transit from Newport, Oregon"" to San Diego, California, the crew and technicians will load and commence Dr. Angle~s cruise 16-day. Dr. Angle and his team will be"" conducting two joint surveys with German collaborators from the WTD71, using advanced, prototype acoustic and magnetic systems for" UXO detection. Sikuliaq will support the second survey off the coast of the US. The ability of the US scientific community to maintain a leadership role in polar research will be greatly enhanced through the capabilities of R/V Sikuliaq. Polar research requires" specia
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712602
Entities
People
- Murray B. Stein
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Alaska Fairbanks