| 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. |