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Voyage - Leg:       OC 415-3
Voyage Dates:       29 Aug 15 Sept 2005
Chief Sci(s):       Dennis McGillicuddy (McGillicuddy)
Address:            WHOI
                    Bigelow 209b - MS # 11
Phone:              508-289-2683
Email:              dmcgillicuddy@whoi.edu
Cruise Objective:   SURVEY 2 - Impacts of Eddies and Mixing on Plankton
                    Community
                    Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Sargasso
                    Sea
Science Activities: CTD Casts, VPR Tows, SPMR deployments
Operations Area:    Sargasso Sea
                    32N 64W
                    4000 m

SSSG Tech:             Patrick Rowe
                       sssg @oceanus.whoi.edu
Departure Port:        St. Georges, Bermuda
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o Meyer Shipping
                       Somers Wharf
                       14 Water St.
                       St. Georges, GE BX
                       BERMUDA

                       Contact: Capt. John Moore
                       tel. (441) 297-2303
                       fax: (441) 292-1583
                       email: meyershipping@ibl.bm
Arrival Port:          St. Georges, Bermuda
Agent:                 Same as Above
Installed Scientific   ADCP
Equipment:             XBT System
                       Deionized Water
                       CTD - 24X10L - P,T,S, Fluorometer, transmissometer,
                       PAR - 0-5 input for nitrate sensor
                       Fume Hood
                       Chest Freezer (X2) (SSSG freezers in main lab and
                       wet lab)
                       IMET Sensors - wind speed,direction, insolaiton,sea
                       temp, sal, air temp, rel hum.
                       TerraScan
                       Seanet
WHOI-Provided Science  Berthing Van
Tools:                 VPR
                       ARGOS RDF
Program-Provided       SPMR system
Science Tools:
                       Possibility of 3rd chest freezer (sci) in UNOLS GP
                       Van

                       Chiller for Incubator on aft deck will be tucked
                       onto 01 Deck as last year - (220 VAC, low amps ~8
                       amps)
                       Russian made microscope in main lab (220VAC, low
                       amps)
Shipboard
Equipment/Nav:
Other Requirements:
Notes:                 Night Work Anticipated
Navy Clearance Status: All hazardous materials will be removed by the
                       science party at the end of the cruise in Woods Hole

                       There will be 2 ship survey work with the
                       Weatherbird 2

                       Drifting Spar Deployment - Deployed during Survey 1,
                       recovered during Survey 2 or Tracer 2. Procedure
                       procured and given to Bosun.

                       The SPMR is a hand-lowered instrument that is
                       designed to minimize ship shadows. There will be a
                       small hand reel for the cable that needs to be
                       bolted to the deck. We want casts from daylight
                       hours (preferably 0900 to 1600) and normally deploy
                       from the stern with stern facing the sun. The
                       deployment takes two people minimally; one running
                       the aquisition computer and one handling the kevlar
                       cable.

                       Joint operation with Weatherbird (intercalibration
                       stations)

                       Ledwell (UNOLS GP) van on starboard, Main Deck
                       Lott van on 01 Deck, aft

Last Modified: 12/13/2006

Check List:          Required? Comments
US Customs Form      Yes       For all equipment being returned to WHOI
                               aboard
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance Yes       Bermuda
SCUBA Diving         No