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Voyage - Leg:       OC 275
Voyage Dates:       11 - 22 Mar 1996
Chief Sci(s):       Peter Wiebe
Address:            Redfield 2-26
                    WHOI
Phone:              x 2313
Email:              pwiebe@whoi.edu
Cruise Objective:   U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program - broad-scale survey
                    component
Science Activities: Reoccupy established stations: MOCNESS tows,
                    CTD/rosette casts, pump lowerings, bio-acoustics tows,
                    ADCP profiling, Bongo net tows
Operations Area:    Georges Bank

SSSG Tech:             Jim Akens
Departure Port:        Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Installed Scientific   12kHz xducers + depth recorders
Equipment:             Underway data logging (Nav,SST,SSS,fluor.)
                       MET meteorology system
                       ADCP system (150kHZ)
                       XBT system
                       De-ionized H2O
                       Fume hood in wet lab, w/sink
WHOI-Provided Science  CTD/rosette system, Level 1
Tools:                 Freezers
                       Refrigerators
Program-Provided       MOC-1 net system
Science Tools:         MOC-10 net system
                       Biomapper system w/winch
                       20' lab van for Biomapper on 01 Dk
Shipboard              Berthing van
Equipment/Nav:         Standard navigation equip.
                       Ship's crane
                       Trawl winch, .68' coaxial cable
                       .322" EM cable (NLT 1000m)
Other Requirements:      Need deck storage for formalin
                         Need stowage space for samples
                         Need hanging area for foulweather gear
                         Require NLT 3 sinks
Notes:                   1) .68" coax cable (2km) needs to be installed on
                         trawl winch for MOC-10 tows
                         2) .322" cable to be used for CTD, pump, MOC-1
                         casts
                         3) Biomapper to tow from stb'd arm of A-frame
                         4) May drag for lost instrumentation
                         5) Navigation data to be supplied to Biomapper
                         data logger
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 05/17/1996

Check List:          Required?          Comments
US Customs Form      No
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance Yes                Canada, rec'd 2/23/96
SCUBA Diving         No