FINAL Project Instructions. EX-19-03 Leg 2: Mid and Southeast (ROV & mapping), June 20 - July 12, 2019

This document contains project instructions for EX-19-03 Leg 2. Operations for this cruise will be conducted 24 hours/day and consist of daily remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, CTD operations, overnight mapping, and full shore-based participation via telepresence. The expedition will commence on June 20, 2019 in Port Canaveral, Florida and conclude on July 12, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia (Marine Operations Center-Atlantic). Operations will include the use of the ship’s deep-water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK 60/80 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers), XBTs in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, CTD casts, the two-body ROV Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship’s high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. Operations are planned throughout the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin, offshore Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.