ML141299
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Subject 1: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Submersible safety check, launching. Timecode In: 00:00:09. Timecode out: 00:21:22. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Paul Taylor. Timecode In: 00:47:02. Timecode out: 00:59:13. Notes: Dry Tortugas National Park seabird colonies. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Seabird colony ambi. Timecode In: 00:53:47. Timecode out: 00:57:27. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Paul Taylor. Timecode In: 00:59:16. Timecode out: 01:02:35. Notes: Dry Tortugas National Park; Fort Jefferson history. Habitat: ; ; Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo; Neumann RSM 190 through Sonosax preamp into Sony TCDD8. Show: Dry Tortugas Log of DAT #: 8 Engineer: Leo del Aguila Date: July 9, 2001 0:00 Leo: This is tape number 8 and Alex is holding onto Fifi. I'm setting things up.... 0:09 -0:29 Alex: We're about to launch the deep worker off the aft section of the Gunter. It's about quarter after nine in the morning and Sylvia Earl is inside the sub. They've gone through ...most of the safety checks and they're getting ready to liftoff. 0:47 -2:40 Man's voice: Enable thrusters ...right toe down ...right heel down ...turn port...turn starboard ... left toe down .. .left heel down ...enable manipulator control. .. and enable hydraulic pump ... (meanwhile, intermittent sound of boat starting, drilling sound (hydraulic pump?)) woman's voice ...forward, back, right, left. More ambi noise of getting ready. 2:40 -6:00 Man's voice (and woman repeats after him): disable hydraulic pump (ambi sound of pump being turned off), disable thrusters ...switch to emergency power. .. test scrubbers ... both work, great ...ambi sound of talking in com system ... return to normal control power. .. confirm no ground faults, no water alarms ...transducers good...confirm channel 8/2 on vhf. .. (ambi -more checking of equipment) 4:50¬0-2 and CO-2 readings ...confirm starboard scrubber is on and blowing ...set cabin pressure gauge to zero ...we're ready for you to take the plunge. 6:00 -7:30 ambi, more noise, people getting ready but just chatting wi the crew and woman saying to Alex 'I hope you're here when 1 get back' talking about when they're flying out 7:30 -8:15 Leo: Sylvia, is it as exciting this time as it was the first time? Sylvia: Every dive is a new dive and it just gets better. You learn more each time you go so everything just falls into place more each time. 1 see things now in the same place that 1 didn't see last year because 1 have the experience of last year to help guide what I'm doing now. It's just wonderful. 1 want everyone to see what 1 see (laughs) so, (sigh), I'm really grateful to just give them a vicarious glimpse, so maybe they'll be inspired to go themselves in due course. 8:15 Tim: All set? Sylvia: Great, thanks, Tim ... 8:24 Ambi beep, hooks fastening 8:42 - 8:54 Alex: They've just lowered down the plastic acrylic bubble hood on this thing and they're fastening it in now to prepare to send her. 8:54 -9:21 ambi clattering around, hooking 9:21 Tim: This is pulling the vacuum on the submersible. That shows we have good hat seal (ambi sound of air pump. 9:39 -9:50 -fast pumping; :52, joined by sound of submersible being lowered) 10:12 -14:22 more ambi sounds of getting prepared. Pumping stops, engine starts and drones 10:30 -12:56; 12:56 -pumping starts again until 13:22 (engine still droning in background) 13:42 & 14:13 communication btw. Tim & radio. 14:23 Tim: Ok, can I get everybody up on the next deck. .. (ambi motor noise continues) 15:39 Tim: I'm ready .. .let's come up on it. 16:02 -sound of submersible starting? -another engine revving until 16: 14 16:26 Man's voice: Ok, Tim? Tim: Ok. Jolt of starting engine (submersible?) Started, revving until 17:09. 17:07 Man's voice, " 17:27 ambi -good splash ...Man: r... (Notes truncated)
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- Cataloged
- 12 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 12 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 12 Sep 2009 - Ben Brotman