| Dive R490 | |||||||
| Dive Plan: Continuation of previously aborted attempts. Primary objective is to complete basic biological collection at Mkr-33/Cloud Vents and to the north (Nascent and old vents )and Whiteout Vent. | |||||||
| Osmos and traps to be recovered and put in the elevator. Recover elevator (weather permitting) during the dive. | |||||||
| ROPOS Configuration: Suction sampler, Biobox, Gastights, Imagenex, cameras, MTR's carried down in Biobox, BioOsmosampler carried down in 7-function for deployment | |||||||
| 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 |
| 19 | 42 | 1 | 97 | 423412 | 5087128 | 19:45 ROPOS in water! Everything normal. This COULD be the one! | |
| 19 | 51 | 56 | 78 | 423412 | 5087128 | ROPOS came out of the cage at 50 m. | |
| 20 | 7 | 259 | 242 | 423412 | 5087128 | ROPOS back in the cage | |
| 20 | 16 | 411 | 13 | 423906 | 5086990 | ROPOS coming back on deck because electrical compensation gauge has gone to zero. This is a component that had been disassembled during stipdown for hydraulic system repair. | |
| 20 | 19 | 394 | 21 | 424024 | 5087248 | 20:32 ROPOS back on deck. | |
| Dive Summary: El Guapo was still plugged in after calibration, |