ML139358
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Subject: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Radio communication. Timecode In: 00:00:04. Timecode out: 01:07:06. Habitat: Marine, Ocean. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Dual-Channel Mono. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS DAT #15 NGS Midway Expedition 00:00 -02: 3:00 General shuffling around on deck 03:01 -03: 06 Back deck -17-4, 17/4-0 03:07 -07:17 More fiddling 07:17 -07:20 Back deck 17/5 -17/5 -0 07:46 -08:00 Pilot mark corns please 300059 -100% 15:19 -15:40 Dropping/or clanking sound 22:04 -22:14 [Distant -off mic] Bob Ballard: "According to this target, there's 271 and 646 feet" 23:55 -24: 29 Back deck ..... Back deck on line .... .If you see Walter, going to have him duck tape the back door ... the window .... so we can use this pad to sit on .... 24:28 + door slam 31:30 -34:10 General hubbub on board ship with much background chatter. "This is just trash on the bottom" at end [sounds like TV crew maybe] 37:10 -38:00 Intercom chatter -"When I get done with this, I'll contact you" ..... ..... "Back deck 17-6-85" 39:34 -39:45 ..... "loss of GPS .... .1 got it back now" + more background chatter 44:45 -45:50 FX -good ring + quiet ambi [without much talking] ....+ I.D ..... "lt didn't move". 49:39 -question reo sat phone or internet 51:21 Tether still vertical [Ballard talking in background] ** 52:03 -54:48 "Navigator, we are getting some returns on the USBO -good for a bearing. We are getting some intermittent track on USBO. I think it's pretty good for the bearing. Not sure about the distance. Tether still vertical. Depth is actually here, and you have this out, so we actually should .... yeah, go out and payout 70 feet ..... pay out 75 feet. Ok. Pilot .... change course to right to about 28 O. About 15 feet off the bottom. Passing 177. What is bottom depth? 17 6 6 6. Just going to have to baby everything pilot. Just went to manual One motor bump hard -sucks lot of juice for us 55:02 -55:30 Try to fly manually if you can. [Banging] So you're out right now." [shuffling gear] 55:57 -56:12 Back deck What was the bottom time? Bottom time 02 39 zo 57:39 -57:41 Tether is still vertical + More random intercom .... 1:01:31 -1:01:45 "Pilot -TC request -3,000 79 -100%" + more readings to End 1:02: 47 1:03:00 "This is Supe do you hear me. Nav, go ahead. Already Nav3 .... go ahead. Ok go ahead and DP the ship 270 at 100 meters .... + reply ....
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- 23 Jun 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 23 Jun 2005 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 23 Jun 2005 - Ben Brotman