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Voyage - Leg:         OC 437-07
Voyage Dates:         05-24 July, 2007
Chief Sci(s):         Peter DeMenocal (DeMenocal/Eglinton)
Address:              LDEO/WHOI
                      Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
                      Palisades , NY 10964
Phone:                845-365-8483
Email:                peter@ldeo.columbia.edu
Cruise Objective:     Holocene sediment coring, water and plankton sampling
Science Activities:
Operations Area:      NW Africa
                      37N, 10W to 5N, 20W
                      1000-3000m

SSSG Tech:             sssg @oceanus.whoi.edu
Departure Port:        Lisbon, Portugal
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o MARMEDSA - Agencia Maritima, Lda.
                       Av. D. Joao II - Lote 1.17.03 - Piso 5
                       Edificio Central Office - Parque das Nacoes
                       1990-084 Lisboa
                       PORTUGAL

                       Contact: Joao Marques
                       tel. 351 21 898 80 50
                       fax: 351 21 898 80 59
                       cell: 351 91 614 06 66
                       email: ops@lisboa.marmedsa.com
Arrival Port:          Praia, Cape Verde Islands
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o Agencia Nacional de Viagens, SARI
                       Rua Guerra Mendes
                       Praia
                       REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE

                       tel. 238-611077
                       fax: 238-612162
                       telex: 6076 ANV CV
Installed Scientific   3.5 kHz - Bathy
Equipment:             Deionized Water
                       CTD 24X10L - Turbidity, Fluorometer, Transmissometer
                       Refrigerator
                       Chest Freezer
WHOI-Provided Science  Cold Van
Tools:                 Gravity Corer
                       Multicorer
                       Box Corer - Backup to Multicorer
                       Salinometer
                       Crane Crutch
Program-Provided       McLane Pumps
Science Tools:
Shipboard              GPS Navigation
Equipment/Nav:
Other Requirements:    Night Work Anticipated
Notes:                 Estimated 42 coring sites separated by about 75 km
                       on average and assumes 6 hrs per station = 11 days
                       of station time
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 06/06/2007

Check List:          Required? Comments
US Customs Form      Yes       For all items returning to the US aboard ship
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval Yes       Core Logger/Scanner - Authorization Granted
Diplomatic Clearance Yes       Portugal, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal,
                               Spain, Cape Verde
SCUBA Diving         No