ROPOS Past Schedules
This page contains the ROPOS schedules dating back to 2009. These schedules are provided as general information only, for more details on these or earlier expeditions please contact us.
2022
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
May 21st to June 17th |
RV Isabu |
Indian Ocean |
KIOST |
Completed |
August 9th to September 15th |
RV Thompson |
Pacific Ocean |
NSF/OOI |
Completed |
November 5th to December 15th |
RV Pelagia |
Indian Ocean |
BGR |
Confirmed |
[2023] March 12th to April 30th |
RV Isabu |
Indian Ocean |
KIOST |
Complete |
2021
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
March 1st to 28th |
RV Tangaroa |
East Coast of New Zealand |
NSF/University of Washington/University of Texas |
Completed |
September 15th to November 17th |
RV Isabu |
Indian Ocean |
KIOST |
Completed |
December 1st to 31st |
RV Pelagia |
Indian Ocean |
NIOZ & BGR |
Completed |
2020
All expeditions cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
June 10th to 27th |
RV Henry B. Bigelow |
North Atlantic |
NOAA |
Completed |
November 2nd to December 16th |
RV Sonne |
Indian Ocean |
BGR |
Completed |
2018
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
April 8th to May 13th |
Tan Kah Kee |
South China Sea |
SEOS Tongji University |
Completed |
June19th to July 3rd |
CCGS John P. Tully |
North Pacific |
ONC |
Completed |
November 11th to December 17th |
R/V PELAGIA |
Indian Ocean |
NIOZ & BGR |
Completed |
2017
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
January 21th to Feb 23rd |
Akademik Treshnikov |
Antarctic |
Laval University |
Completed |
May 9th to 23rd |
CCGS John P. Tully |
North Pacific |
University of Alberta/DFO |
Completed |
June 5th to 23rd |
R/V Bigelow |
North Atlantic |
DAL/NOAA/DFO |
Completed |
August 22nd to September 20th |
CCGS Martha L. Black |
North Atlantic |
MUN/Oceana/DFO/CHONe |
Completed |
2016
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
March 17th to May 6th |
R/V Falkor |
South Pacific |
Schmidt Ocean Institute |
Completed |
August 2nd to 16th |
CCGS John P. Tully |
North Pacific |
DFO/MUN/UVIC |
Completed |
October 20th to December 15th |
R/V Pelagia |
South Pacific |
KIOST |
Completed |
2015
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
July 1st to August 7th |
Thomas G Thompson |
NE Pacific (Axial, Hydrate Ridge) |
ISS |
Completed |
September 26th to 28th |
CCGS John P. Tully |
Coastal B.C. |
PGC |
Completed |
September 29th to October 13th |
CCGS John P. Tully |
Coastal B.C. |
Sally Leys, University of Alberta |
Completed |
November 17th to December 11th |
R/V PELAGIA |
Indian Ocean |
NIOZ & BGR |
Completed |
2014
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
April 28th to May 10th |
CS Dependable |
West Coast |
L3 MariPro |
Completed |
May 15th to May 27th |
CCGS John P. Tully |
West Coast |
ONC |
Completed |
June 15th to July 2nd |
RV Bigelow |
East Coast |
Anna Metaxas (Dalhousie University) |
Completed |
July 13th to October 3rd |
Thomas G Thompson |
West Coast |
University Of Washington, Regional Scale Nodes |
Completed |
October 30th to November 10th |
CCGS Vector |
West Coast |
Sally Leys (University of Alberta) |
Completed |
2013
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
June 29th - July 31st |
Thomas G Thompson |
Hydrate Ridge |
University Of Washington, Regional Scale Nodes |
Completed |
August 1st - August 28th |
Thomas G Thompson |
Axial Seamount |
University Of Washington, Regional Scale Nodes |
Completed |
September 6th - September 18th |
RV Falkor |
Axial Seamount |
Schmidt Ocean Institute |
Completed |
September 22nd - October 5th |
RV Falkor |
Endeavour Ridge |
Schmidt Ocean Institute |
Completed |
October 9th - October 20th |
CCGS Vector |
West Coast |
Leys S. and Tunnicliffe V. |
Completed |
2012
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
January 11th to February 20th |
R/V Sonne |
Tonga Back Arc |
KORDI |
Completed |
April 18th to April 25th |
CCGS Vector |
West Coast |
EPS |
Completed |
May 27th to June 28th |
Thomas G Thompson |
West Coast |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
August 7th to 14th |
CCSG John P Tully |
West Coast - Inshore |
VENUS |
Completed |
September 21st to October 1st |
Tomas G Thompson |
West Coast |
University of Washington |
Cancelled due to mechanical problems with support vessel |
TBD |
Tomas G Thompson |
West Coast |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Cancelled due to mechanical problems with support vessel |
2011
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
May 7th to 14th |
CCGS John P Tully |
VENUS/NEPTUNE Observatory |
VENUS/NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
June 28th to July 27th |
Thomas G Thompson |
NEPTUNE Observatory |
Neptune Canada |
Completed |
August 11th to September 1st |
Thomas G Thompson |
Hydrate Ridge & Axial Volcano |
University of Washington |
Completed |
September 9th to October 6th |
Thomas G Thompson |
NEPTUNE Observatory |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
October 14th to October 22nd |
CCSG Vector |
Prince Rupert Area |
EPS |
Completed |
October 29th - November 7th |
CCSG Vector |
Georgia Strait |
NSERC/Leys |
Completed |
2010
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
February 16th to 22nd |
CCGS John P Tully |
VENUS/NEPTUNE Observatory |
VENUS/NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
April 6th to 13th |
CCGS Vector |
West Coast Disposal Sites |
EPS |
Completed |
May 6th to 25th |
CCGS Tully |
NEPTUNE Observatories |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
July 5th to August 13th |
CCGS Hudson |
Halifax - NW Atlantic |
DFO/NSERC (July 7 to 27) NSERC/CHONe (July 29 to August 12) |
Completed |
September 10th to October 10th |
Thomas G Thompson |
NEPTUNE Observatories |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
December 7th to 14th |
CCGS John P Tully |
VENUS Sites |
NRCAN - VENUS |
Completed |
2009
Dates |
Ship |
Work Site |
Client |
Status* |
April 27th to May 5th |
Barge (Dock 2) |
Vancouver Harbour |
Alcatel |
Completed |
July 2nd to August 16th |
R/V Atlantis |
NEPTUNE Observatories |
Alcatel |
Completed |
August 20th to September 19th |
Thomas G Thompson |
NEPTUNE Observatories |
NEPTUNE Canada |
Completed |
September 25th to October 1st |
CCGS John P Tully |
VENUS Observatories |
VENUS |
Completed |
October 1st to October 4th |
CCGS John P Tully |
Georgia Strait |
Dr. Sally Leys - University of Alberta |
Completed |
October 7th to 14th |
CCGS Vector |
Georgia Strait |
Environment Canada - EPS |
Completed |