Project instructions. EX-18-07, mapping deepwater areas southeast of Bermuda in support of the Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Corporation (Mapping)

This document contains project instructions for EX-18-07. Operations for this cruise will be conducted 24 hours/day and consist of seafloor mapping operations and telepresence. The expedition will commence on July 12, 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia and conclude on August 4, 2018 in St. George’s, Bermuda. Operations will include the use of the ship’s deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler), XBT and CTD casts in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, and the ship’s high-bandwidth satellite connection for real-time ship-to-shore communications. Operations are planned south east of Bermuda in the high seas.