Design and deployment of a four-degrees-of-freedom hovering autonomous underwater vehicle for sub-ice exploration and mapping

• Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment
• Main Authors: Stone, W., Hogan, B., Flesher, C., Gulati, S., Richmond, K., Murarka, A., Kuhlman, G., Sridharan, M., Siegel, V., Price, R. M., Doran, P. T., Priscu, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; aqueous chemistry; autonomous; autonomous underwater vehicle; bathymetry; navigation; robotic; Taylor Glacier; under-ice exploration; West Lake Bonney; Antarctic; Austral; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Antarc*; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/631; https://doi.org/10.1243/14750902JEME214

This paper describes the 2008 and 2009 Antarctic deployments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ENDURANCE autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The goal of this project was to conduct three autonomous tasks beneath the ice cap 4m thick of West Lake Bonney: first, to measure the thre...