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Colourful Wooden Boats Deployed on the High-Arctic Sea Ice
350 boats from 9 schools deployed by Norwegian KV Svalbard icebreaker during the 2024 HiAOOS cruise.
arcticfloatboat
Oct 24, 2024


A Family Dedicated to the Float Your Boat Program
Patrick, the son of Captain Kenneth Boda, US Coast Guard who deployed wooden boats in the past, decorates boats at school by happenstance.
arcticfloatboat
May 28, 2024


Utqiagvik April 2024 - 8th Grade Field Trip and Float Your Boat Deployment
12 Lower 48 USA schools, and 1 Alaska school's 400 Float Your Boat wooden boats deployed on Arctic sea ice in Alaska by IABP science team
arcticfloatboat
Apr 29, 2024


Polarstern ArcWatch Scientists Deploy Maryland and Oregon Boats
CHESPAX and Hood River students' boats were deployed at North Pole by German RV Polarstern icebreaker alongside an Arctic buoy.
arcticfloatboat
Oct 5, 2023


Update from Oregon Schools
Oregon schools decorated boats that set sail with USCG Healy during the 2023 NABOS campaign north of Siberia.
arcticfloatboat
Sep 30, 2023


Washington and Colorado Boats Set Out at North Pole
Boats deployed by Charcot from Pacific Science Center, Centennial Middle School, and the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science at UW
arcticfloatboat
Aug 31, 2023


90° North with Le Commandant Charcot Passenger Cruise
Boats from Colorado, Washington, Illinois, and Iceland deployed with an Arctic buoy at North Pole on August 17, 2023.
arcticfloatboat
Aug 17, 2023


North Pole Sends Peace from Le Commandant Charcot Passengers
It was the Le Commandant Charcot passenger cruise icebreaker's second North Pole trip of the season (2 of 4) in mid August 2023.
arcticfloatboat
Aug 2, 2023


First 2023 Deployment on Neutral Ground
Le Commandant Charcot passenger cruise icebreaker deployed buoy and wooden boats at 89 degrees north on July 17, 2023
arcticfloatboat
Jul 17, 2023


Polar Bears Tour Ursa Major Boat Exhibit
Polar bear friends of US National Ice Center's Aurora Bearalis toured recently deployed wooden boat Big Dipper exhibit in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
arcticfloatboat
Apr 26, 2023


Healy Deploys Boats at North Pole
Float Boat wooden boats were deployed at the North Pole on the US Coast Guard Healy on Sunday, October 2, 2022 by John Wigglesworth
arcticfloatboat
Oct 4, 2022


Healy is Headed Toward the Ice
US Coast Guard Healy icebreaker is in the Arctic Ocean heading toward the North Pole in open water closing in on the sea ice.
Dave Forcucci
Sep 20, 2022


Where Are The Boats?
Following the vessels that will be deploying wooden boats at the North Pole (and nearby) in the coming weeks.
Dave Forcucci
Jul 27, 2022


Spring 2022 Utqiagvik Deployment
During the International Arctic Buoy Programme's expedition to Utqiagvik, Alaska, to deploy buoys, the team also deployed wooden boats.
Sarah R. Johnson
Apr 7, 2022


2020 KV Svalbard Wooden Boat Deployment
The KV Svalbard deployed boats at three locations in the Arctic Ocean during the CAATEX campaign.
arcticfloatboat
Nov 18, 2020


Healy Ship Wood Boat Deployment 2015
From Bill Schmoker Read all about it during his GEOTRACES PolarTREC Expedition US GEOTRACES participated in the “Float Your Boat” an...
arcticfloatboat
Oct 1, 2015
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