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Voyage - Leg:       OC 385-4
Voyage Dates:       28 Jan - 9 Feb 2003
Chief Sci(s):       James Ledwell (Ledwell)
Address:            Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
                    Mail Stop # 12
                    Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone:              508-289-3305
Email:              jledwell@whoi.edu
Cruise Objective:   CTD/Rosette Sampling of a tracer patch in the upper
                    1000 meters
                    to measure ocean mixing since 2001.
Science Activities:
Operations Area:    Tropical N. Atlantic
                    12 N 33 W to 13 N 60W
                    0-1000 meters
                    1st CTD Station at 7 N, 34 deg 40' W

SSSG Tech:             sssg @oceanus.whoi.edu
Departure Port:        Fortaleza, Brasil
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o V.Castro &Cia. Ltda
                       Operations Department / Mr. Washington Albuquerque
                       Incinta Port Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
                       Phone: 55 (85) 261 4433
                       fax 55 ( 85) 264 3190 / 264 2074
                       Mobile: 55 ( 85) 9117 8181

                       Contact: Vasile Tudoran
                       Tel. (562) 882-5590
                       Fax: (562) 434-9800
                       Email: vtudoran@aol.com
Arrival Port:          Bridgetown, Barbados
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o DaCosta Mannings Inc.
                       Musson Bldg
                       Hincks St.
                       Bridgetown
                       BARBADOS

                       Contact: Glyne St. Hill
                       tel. (246) 430-4804
                       fax: (246) 431-0051
                       email: gsthill@dmishipping.com
Installed Scientific   SSSG CTD/Rosette System - Conductivity, Temperature
Equipment:             and Pressure sensors critical
                       5 liter Kiskin Bottles
                       Pinger for Wire use
                       ADCP
                       Ice Machine
WHOI-Provided Science  3 conductor Slip rings needed
Tools:                 Salinometer
Program-Provided       Ledwell CTD is primary - (Weight -1,000 lbs)( 2000
Science Tools:         meter max depth)
                       10 each "D" size gas bottles, 2 inside, 8 outside
                       (6-CO2, 4-Nitrogen)
Shipboard
Equipment/Nav:
Other Requirements:    Normal CTD ops; Stowage of 1/2 a van's worth of gear
                       before and after leg.
                       4 CTD Stations per day, around the clock operations
Notes:                 Set up GC in Main lab on forward bench and * of
                       Mid-lab bench
                       in WHOI. 2 gas bottles to be hooked up to GC. Crew
                       to have instructions in event
                       of power outage during transit if no SSSG. Most
                       supplies stored under
                       bench and in wet lab against port wall. All
                       equipment is to be shipped
                       back from Barbados

                       5-8 Scientists expected

                       Final CTD station is 5-6 hours out of port. Packing
                       up for departure will be very tight unless ahead
                       of schedule

                       Contacted Bridgetown agent for 20 ft container for
                       shipping equipment back + fork lift.

                       Plueddeman will be loading at Warehouse #1 in
                       Bridgetown. Ledwell would like to
                       unload at same position if possible.

                       Hazardous Chemicals
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 12/13/2006

Check List:          Required?       Comments
US Customs Form      Yes             For equipment loaded in Woods Hole
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance Yes             Barbados
SCUBA Diving         No