Dive R487  
       Dive Plan: Same as for R485 and R486. Primary objective is to obtain vent fluids/filtered samples along eruptive line. Will begin at Mkr-33 and end at Milky Vent area. Suction sampling will also be done at some of these sites.  
       Elevator wil be recovered (weather permitting) sometime during the dive.  
       Note: Nav fixes not edited in the logs. All fixes were logged, regardless of accuracy. Use the dive plots to determine actual positions.  
  UTC Hour Min Depth (m) Sub Hdng (deg) UTM X UTM Y Comments Frmgrbs, Photos, Samples
15 32 1 133 421199 5087374 ROPOS in the water.  
15 43 85 256 421199 5087374 test Dive 487-1
17 6 1519 87 424091 5087593 On the bottom. At Mkr-33. Viewing osmosampler. Photos 2 - 5
17 7 1521 39 424091 5087593 Osmo Sampler at Mkr-33 Dive 487-2
17 8 1521 126 424091 5087593 Taking pictures of Mkr-33. Right at the marker - viewing bacteria trap 40 and green/copper osmosampler. Took Photos 7 - 10  
17 10 1524 231 423856 5087075 Checking out ROPOS gauges - making sure all is ok. Hydraulic fluid down, talk of going back to the cage.  
17 12 1503 227 424345 5087694 Slowly going back to cage.  
17 16 1492 176 423852 5087102 Taking a plume sample with the HFS - filter #12.  
17 18 1482 206 423852 5087102 ROPOS in the cage. Staying here to take some samples of the plume. Plume filter sample for DNA with HFS - starting filter #12. HFS12_plume _R487-1
17 23 1475 178 424653 5086900 Going to stay here for around 15 minutes to take a few samples. Still pumping HFS filter #12.  
17 30 1475 226 424860 5087225 Something in water column - a jellyfish I think. Photo-13
17 32 1474 116 423852 5087100 Stopped pumping filter #12 - 1502 ml pumped. Starting to pump filter #15 on HFS. HFS15_plume _R487-2
17 44 1475 256 423869 5087113 Stopped pumping HFS filter #15 - pumped 1050 ml.  
17 45 1475 301 423890 5087611 Starting HFS bag sample #17.  
17 51 1476 300 425149 5086724 Stopped pumping #17 - 650 ml pumped. Start pumping HFS #19 - bag with filter. HFS19_plume _R487-4
17 58 1475 207 424342 5087672 Stopped pumping #19 - 675 ml. Note that the flush pump was not on for the first half of the sample. Start to sample HFS bag #16 with no filter. HFS16_plume _R487-5
18 2 1475 226 423937 5087439 Good nav. x=3846, y=7105 - location of plume fluid sampling.  
18 5 1474 212 424117 5087620 Finished pumping #16 - 598 ml pumped. Start pumping HFS filter #3, for sulfur. HFS3_plume _R487-6
18 9 1477 290 423859 5087130 Fluid volume was not recording for a few minutes - now working again.  
18 19 1475 227 424340 5087684 Stopped pumping filter #3 - 130 ml pumped. Going to move the ship to a position over Cloud Vent to sample particulates in plume.  
18 27 1476 217 425095 5087131 The Queen says BAD FIXES!  
18 28 1476 248 423872 5087114 Moving towards Cloud - still no good fixes.  
18 34 1476 205 423874 5087096 We are about half way to Cloud.  
18 39 1476 275 423882 5087105 Ship finished moving - waiting for the position to settle.  
18 40 1474 257 423900 5087099 Good fix at x=3898, y=7110. Between Mkr-N4 and Mkr-N6.  
18 42 1474 202 424440 5086790 x=3900, y=7110 - good fix on ROPOS in cage. We are stopping here to take fluid and gas tight samples. We are flushing the gas line now.  
18 44 1476 205 423907 5087096 Right over Mkr-N6.  
18 46 1474 352 423900 5087100 The gas line in flushed. Preparing to trigger port gas tight - triggered port GTB at 18:47. gtb_plume _R487-7
18 48 1475 205 423897 5087098 Going to trigger the gas piston on the HFS, pump position #23. Starting to pump. Good fix x=3901, y=7111. HFS23_plume _R487-8
18 53 1476 280 423894 5087116 Triggering piston #20. HFS20_plume _R487-9
19 0 1474 198 423902 5087123 Sample R487-9 finished. 730 ml.  
19 3 1476 222 423936 5087610 X = 3908, Y = 7109  
19 5 1474 278 423898 5087100 Filter #21 for sulfur analysis started at 19:01. HFS21_plume _R487-10
19 10 1476 127 424385 5087640 X = 3902, Y = 713. Sample #21 finished. Piston sample #2 started. HFS22_plume _R487-11
19 17 1476 202 424442 5086790 Sample piston #2 finished. Start bag sample #18 with filter. Still at Cloud Vent. HFS_plume _R487-12
19 24 1475 267 423902 5087115 Sampler #18 finished. 60 ml.  
19 25 1476 331 424385 5086607 Sampler #7 with filter started. HFS7_plume _R487-13
19 29 1474 136 423907 5087096 #7 finished. 41 ml.  
19 29 1475 140 424444 5086797 Sampler #2 with filter started. HFS2_plume _R487-14
19 33 1476 323 423898 5087098 Sampler #2 finished. Ready to come to surface. Will take samples on the way up.  
19 35 1474 285 423904 5087099 Starting integrated bag sampler #1 during rise through the plume because it is "fun" (Butterfield) HFS11_plume _R487-15
19 44 1254 274 423910 5087482 Stopped sampler at 19:41. Continuing to surface.  
20 32         ROPOS on deck.  
       Dive summary: Hydraulic failure shortly after ROPOS reached bottom. ROPOS put back into its cage from where it sampled the plumes at about 1475 m depth above Mkr-33 Vent and Cloud Vent. Returned to surface for repairs.