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Voyage - Leg:       AT 15-31

Voyage Dates:       01-29 May, 2008

Chief Scientist(s): Peter Lonsdale (Lonsdale)
Address:            Scripps Inst. Oceanography
                    0205, UCSD,9500 Gilman Drive,
                    LA JOLLA, CA, 92093-0205
Phone:              (858) 534-2855
Email:              plonsdale@ucsd.edu

Cruise Objective:   Rock sampling with ROV and dredge,
                    Photography with ROV
                    Multibeam sonar and magnetic profiling
                    26 dives, 5dredges

Science Activities:

Operations Area:    Gulf of California
                    22.4N,106.6W - 29.7N,113.9W
                    450m - 3300m
                    40 n.m to first site
                    20-150 n.m.between sites
                    28 days on station

Departure Port:     Mazatlan, Mexico

Agent:              TBD

Arrival Port:       Manzanillo, Mexico

Agent:              Primary Agent:
                    Vasile Tudoran Transport
                    819 Ohio Ave.
                    Long Beach, CA 90804

                    Contact: Vasile Tudoran
                    Phone: (562) 882-5590
                    Fax: (562) 434-9800
                    Email : [1]vtudoran@aol.com
                    Subagent:
                    Master R/V Ship Name
                    Attn: Scientist's Name
                    IN TRANSIT MANZANILLO MEXICO
                    c/o Continental Maritime SA
                    83 Calle Colhuas, Centro 28200
                    Manzanillo, Colima
                    MEXICO

                    Contact: Daniel Arias Romo
                    Phone/Fax: 011 52 314 33 21223
                    Cell: 011 52 314 100 8862
                    Email: [2]danielromo2003@yahoo.com.mx

SHIP
  Installed or Normally Carried Equipment: Rock Dredge - 1600m depth
                                           Towed Magnetometer
                                           XBT System
                                           Seabeam
  WHOI-Provided Equipment:                 JASON ROV
  Science Party-Provided Equipment:
  Notes:                                   Night Work Anticipated

ALVIN/JASON
  Installed or Normally Carried          Bio Box 12x12x12
  Equipment:                             Push Cores
                                         High Temperature Probe
                                         Digital Still Camera
                                         Search Sonar
                                         Profiling Sonar
                                         Video Duplication
                                         USBL Navigation
                                         Doppler/GPS Navigation
  Science Party-Provided Equipment:
  Notes:                                 bio-box for fragile mineral samples
                                         a few push cores MIGHT be used

Other Notes:   Want to put some small stuff aboard during preceding transit;
               leave all samples aboard til next US n
SSSG Tech:     sssg@ atlantis.whoi.edu
Navy Clearance
Status:

Check List:          Required?          Comments
US Customs Form      Yes
Diplomatic Clearance Yes                Mexico
Isotope Use Approval No
SCUBA Diving         No

Last Modified: 01/31/2008

References

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1. mailto:vtudoran@aol.com
2. mailto:danielromo2003@yahoo.com.mx