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November 1, 2002

Date: 11/1/02
Pilot: Bruce Strickrott
Port Observer: Liz McCliment
Starboard Observer: Kevin Fielman

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Depth (meters)
Site
Temp (°C)
Description & Comments
      65     Ground detected; possibly due to internal humidity; Bruce believes a connector probably needs replacement; test on bottom.
    400 ICL grounded (chronic problem); 4 on ground meter.
      540     Noticed that shank had fired.
    1000 Sipper test; indexed correctly.
      1600     Flow test; bioluminescence still apparent.
15:49   2400 -2 weights trim; neutral @ 355; current temp 5.4°C; starting at target #18; heading west, first marker encountered #19; Riftia field.
15:50           First marker encounter #19; Riftia field
15:51   In ASC; heading N.
15:52       Q   At frying pan location.
16:02 4467 78762 2506 Q Sipper & high-temp. probe banded together; fell off basket — INFORM CREW NOT TO DO.
16:13 4467 78762 2506 Q   Retrieved high-temp. probe; process created tube debris that drifted into pan area; waited for clearing.
16:20 4467 78761 2506 Q
98°
 Side TEMP/SIPPER.
16:25 4467 78761 2506 Q 203° TOP SIPPER; ICL not working.
16:29 4467 78761 2506 Q   Removed Four Play (FP)from coffin; placed on cold coffin section during manipulations
16:30 4467 78761 2506 Q   Collected pan; black debris during move; white debris with handle release; post removal a bit of dark smoke & diffuse flow.
16:33 4467 78761 2506 Q   Atlantis check-in; troubleshooting ICL with Blee.
16:40 4467 78761 2506 Q 246° Resumed recovery/deployment; frying-pan scar SIPPER.
           
16:44 4467 78761 2506 Q   Placing FP onto frying pan scar. REQUEST THAT HANDLE BE TIGHTENED, SO IT DOESN'T FLOP AROUND.
16:47 4467 78761 2506 Q   FP snug; venting clear fluid water through center mesh; white floc dropping on top.
16:49 4467 78761 2506 Q 53° Taking SIDE FP TEMP.
16:50 4467 78761 2506 Q 210° Taking UNDER FP TEMP.
16:51 4467 78761 2506 Q 39° Taking OFF TOP FP TEMP; a few centimeters above/off center so as not to dislodge; purging Sipper pump.
16:52 4467 78761 2506 Q   FP Sipper; OFF TOP slightly SIDE to avoid dislodging device; MAY HAVE MIXED WATER.
16:54 4467 78761 2506 Q   Begin 3-chip play time.
16:59 4467 78761 2506 Q   End of 3-chip play time.
           
  4466 78759 2505     Maneuvering to opposite side of spire; found 3-outlet diffuse-flow site with waving bacterial mat attached to lower opening.
         
17:03 4466 78759 2505 Q 174° Lower left column flow TEMP.
17:04 4466 78759 2505 Q 162° Upper center column flow TEMP.
17:06 4466 78759 2505 Q   Hive side SIPPER.
17:09 4466 78759 2505 Q   Pan removed from coffin & placed on far right coffin lid.
17:12 4466 78759 2505 Q   Collected hive structure: upper hive not captured; placed in far left bin of coffin.
17:18 4466 78759 2505 Q 199°/171° Taking scar temp & SCAR SIPPER.
17:22 4466 78759 2505 Q Deploying pan & taking 3-chip video.
  4466 78759 2505 Q 109° Frying pan TEMP ABOVE.
  4466 78759 2505 Q 26° Frying pan TEMP SIDE.
17:37 4478 78764 2504 Q   Moving to Q's second spire; pirouetting around spire; searching for hot worms scoping sites; none appear hot or with healthy colonies.
17:54 4465 48852   M   Arrive at "M" (ACTUALLY AT second Q spire).
  4439 78854 2507 M   Checking out possible hot spot; smoking at top; rejected.
18:02 4454 78858 2506 M   New spire
          45° Checking worm colony TEMP readings; Tube 1
        70° TEMP tube 2
          10° TEMP tube 3
        51° TEMP tube 4
          30° TEMP tube 5
        74° TEMP tube 6
18:11 4454 78857   M   Tube SIPPER
18:13 4454 78857   M   Tube SIPPER
18:15 4454 78857   M   Tube SIPPER; incomplete firing — partial syringe fill
18:16 4454 78857   M   Bent Sipper into L-shape against pillar — worked to unbend — unsuccessful; used as is.
18:21 4454 78857   M   Tube SIPPER; good Sipper sample
18:22 4454 78857   M   Started sampling worms; into righ-tmost coffin bin with ice block; 1 bleeder into shank.
18:32 4454 78857   M   End worm sampling.
18:33 4454 78857   M   Lost ICL reading; rebooted ALLSCI0; no luck; ignoring output.
18:38 4454 78857   M 176° Scar TEMP. stable at 176.
  4451 78851 2504 M   Not many worms; weak vent? Hard to tell if it's winding down or up 11 degrees (vector?)
  4445 78865 2509 M    
  4445 78865 2509 M 25° TEMP tube 1
  4445 78865 2509 M 45° TEMP tube 2
  4445 78865 2509 M 30° TEMP tube 3
           
             
19:36:00       Riftia Field   Anenomes; small "trash bag" like items (French dive weights?); most Riftia dead; just a bit of shimmering water; no mats vector 107 degrees; no blowers or mats.
             
19:54:00 4582 78581 2503   No blowers or mats.
  4600 78520 2501 Mussel Bed   Healthy; no blowers or mats.
20:00:00 4605? 78469? 2502   Saw marker #7; no blowers or mats.
20:05:00           Bearing 200; lots of Riftia; LOTS OF MUSSELS — tell VanDover; no blowers or mats
20:09:00         No blowers or mats, increasing healthiness; mussels transition to serpulids; no blowers or mats.
             
20:13:00 4632 78365 2501   180 degrees, 200 meters — no blowers or mats;
            200 degrees, 70 meters — no blowers or mats.
20:20:00 4653 78201 2506   HEALTHY RIFTIA — LOTS OF THEM; no blowers or mats.
20:22:00           Vector 175 degrees — no blowers or mats; noted smoke in water.
           
20:27:00 4667 78079 2509     Found Biomarkers; following the "Yellow Brick Road"; no blowers or mats.
20:30:00         Found Dave; no blowers or mats.
  4682 78030 2507     No blowers or mats; process disrupted by surface call — new objective to find & check Mosquito; no blowers or mats.
           
20:40:00           No blowers or mats; looks great; small black smoker at butt end; curtain of shimmer hard to see through — MOSQUITO IN TUBE.
           
20:46:00 4684 78029 2507     To starboard; no blowers or mats; remembered to place shank plunger into unit just after beginning ascent.
 

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