The winter platform consists of a submerged data logger with attached sensors (water temperature, turbidity, wave height, wave direction, and water current velocity). The data logger both records sensor data as well as controlling sensor operations, triggering surface camera operations and sending data back to the base station. At the surface a thin, 12 foot long buoy consisting of two PVC pipe sections, an upper section of six inch diameter pipe and a lower section (fully below the surface) is four inch diameter pipe.  Inside the buoy are modems (one for data and other for video), control equipment and batteries. At the top of the buoy is a video camera and navigation light.