During the 1995 season, IIP successfully 

 deployed 49 Air-deployable expendable 

 BathyThermographs (AXBTs), which measure 

 temperature with depth and transmit the data back 

 to the aircraft. Temperature data from the AXBTs 

 were sent to the Canadian fvleteorological and 

 Oceanographic Center (METOC) in Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, Canada, the U.S. Naval Atlantic Meteorol- 

 ogy and Oceanography Center (NLMOC) in Nor- 

 folk, Virginia, and FNMOC for use as inputs into 

 ocean temperature models. IIP directly benefits 

 from AXBT deployments by having improved 

 ocean temperature data provided to its iceberg 

 deterioration model. IIP also provided weekly drift- 

 ing buoy sea surface temperature (SST) and drift 

 histories to METOC and NLMOC for use in water 

 mass and SST analyses. Canada's Maritime Com- 

 mand/Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre 

 provided the AXBT probes for IIP use. IIP greatly 

 appreciates the valuable support given by METOC 

 for this program. The data collected significantly 

 increases regional knowledge of circulation pat- 

 terns and improves the capability to predict ice- 

 berg deterioration. 



On April 15, 1995, IIP paused to remem- 

 ber the 83rd anniversary of the sinking of the RMS 

 TITANIC. During an ice reconnaissance patrol, 

 two wreaths were placed near the site of the sink- 

 ing to commemorate the nearly 1500 lives lost. 



