The Barkely Canyon TRF and node are installed and operational. It's sitting at a depth of about 646m at 48° 20.7536' N, 126° 09.4752' W.

Tomorrow, the Lodbrog will likely begin laying the extension cable leading from the node up to the site where our Vertical Profiler System will be installed.

From the R/V Atlantis, ROPOS also surveyed the area where our benthic crawler will be deployed. Uncharted hydrate mounds were discovered, and it's been decided to reroute the southern extension cable, which will provide power and communications to our benthic crawler in the Barkley Canyon hydrates site and three benthic pods in Barkley Canyon. Plans call for this southern extension to be laid on Thursday.

Methane Hydrates
Some of the methane hydrates observed by ROPOS in Barkley Canyon, 13 July 20009.

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