When construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in the 1800s, a golden spike was hammered in to officially link the two coasts of the country. During dive R1741 last night we witnessed the ROV making a similarly historic connection.
Even on successful cruises, there are always unexpected events. In this case, the seafloor cable and profiler mooring sockets wouldn’t cooperate, so we began to recover the mooring to diagnose and repair the problem. Work continues, and optimism endures.
The day was dominated by an epic ROPOS dive to relocate the platforms deployed during yesterday’s deck operations, plug them in, and collect samples, finishing up the work at the Axial Base site.
After a long night of laying cable, the Axial Base site is ready for the HPIES and Deep Profiler mooring to be deployed and plugged in. And a student made a surprising sighting during a ROPOS dive!
I was a participant on VISIONS’13 and am fortunate to be a participant in VISIONS’14 as well. Last year, on VISIONS’13, the Co-Chief Scientists were Dr. John Delaney and Dr. Deb Kelley. John and Deb are marine geologists, w
Continuous ROPOS dives since we arrived at the Axial Base site. We deployed a junction box, surveyed the cable routes, and are now in the process of laying the cables between the nodes and the eventual deep profiler and HPIES deployment locations.
After reaching the Slope Base Site, deployments of junction boxes and cable laying proceeded. As the weather started to pick up again, the decision was made to proceed to Axial Base and continue the deployments there.
The R/V Thompson left Newport to start Leg 2 on August 1, 2014, heading for the Slope Base site. We deployed a Low Voltage node (LV01A) and conducted a couple of CTD casts.
Greetings from Newport, Oregon! After a very full and productive first Leg, we arrived in port yesterday right on time at 1000 and were busy almost as soon as we hit the dock. The ship is currently a hive of activity as more instruments and cabl
With many smiles and good spirits, we are steaming into Newport Oregon, set for arrival at 1000 am tomorrow. We have completed all our tasks that we set out to do.
