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				Originator: Brad Butman
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			Abstract:
				Mooring recovered: 1 (#211 deployed 
				#80034 OCEANUS OC90 Nov 24-Dec 3, 1980.) 
				  The deep instrument package was recovered! 
				ALVIN had little trouble locating the 
				package with guidance from LULU. We 
				could still transpond to the release 
				on the mooring, fortunately all flotation 
				was intact. Backup recovery scheme using 
				a rope canister dropped from WHITEFOOT 
				was not needed. Chain was cut relatively 
				easily with hydraulic cutter. One VACM 
				was lost on mooring 211. Apparently 
				we cut mooring in 2 places while dragging 
				on OCEANUS 95, and intermediate flotation 
				was insufficient to bring VACM (V111P,Fig 
				3) to surface. We were extremely fortunate 
				to be able to use ALVIN. It was a textbook 
				yet remarkable recovery due to the skill 
				of ALVIN crew. Mooring could not have 
				been recovered otherwise.Cruise was 
				delayed for about a month while cradle 
				for ALVIN aboard LULU was repaired.
			Purpose:
				 The WHITEFOOT/LULU-ALVIN joint cruise 
				was to recover a subsurface mooring 
				in Lydonia Canyon (Figs 1,2,3). The 
				release failed in April 1981 on OCEANUS 
				95 (#81009) when recovery was planned. 
				We dragged for the mooring, severed 
				the wire below the second current meter, 
				recovered the upper portion. We were 
				unable to recover the deep instrumentation 
				package after dragging for about 2 days. 
				The near-bottom instrument was a key 
				instrument in the Lydonia Canyon moored 
				array. ALVIN was planning a certification 
				dive near Lydonia Canyon and agreed 
				to try to release the mooring on this 
				dive. A hydraulic chain cutter was mounted 
				on the sample basket of ALVIN, the hand 
				pump was operated by the arm. Because 
				LULU could not easily retrieve the heavy 
				mooring on the surface and because of 
				a tight schedule, WHITEFOOT was chartered 
				to pickup the mooring, once ALVIN cut 
				it loose.
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				Beginning_Date: 19810630
				Ending_Date: 19810702
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				East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.5
				North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.55
				South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.45
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				Theme_Keyword: Mooring work
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				Place_Keyword: Lydonia Canyon
				Place_Keyword:  Georges Bank
				Place_Keyword:  United States
				Place_Keyword:  North America
				Place_Keyword:  North Atlantic
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			Contact_Information:
				Contact_Person_Primary:
					Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
				Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
					Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
					City: Woods Hole
					State_or_Province: MA
					Postal_Code: 02543
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			Metadata_Reference_Information:
				Metadata_Date: 20080116
				Metadata_Contact:
					Contact_Information:
						Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
						Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
						City: Woods Hole
						State_or_Province: MA
						Postal_Code: 02543
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