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Submitted on July 18, 2009

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PAGE 1      1. HEALY Cruise: HLY0905/ECS/NOAA/07Aug09-16Sep09 2. Cruise dates: (Determined by the Cruise Number) Start: August 07, 2009     End:September 16, 2009 Chief Scientist Contact Information 3. Your Name: Larry Mayer 4. Affiliation: University of New Hampshire 5. Funding Agency: NOAA or USGS 6. Grant Number: Not Available 7. Full Address: Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center University of New Hampshire 24 Colovos Rd Durham NH 03824 8. Phone Number: 603 862-2615 9. Email Address: larry at ccom dot unh dot edu 10. Fax Number: 603 862-0839 Equipment Onload 11 Date and Time to Start Loading in Seattle: 29 June 2009 12. Special Requirements for Loading or in-port logistics: (eg single piece heavier than 5 Tons or a portable van) No 12b. If yes, Please list point of contact for in port logistics: 13. Cargo List: 3 cases XBT's Metocean Ice Buoys, ice auger, gasoline for auger and attachments (NIC - Pablo Clemente Colon) HARP seafloor package, acoustic drop-array, sonobuoys, HARP refurb gear (ballast weights, batteries, etc) ~2600 lbs (Ethan Roth) UAS components from UAF (Greg Walker) - if permissions are granted 2 chain dredges (same as last year from USGS) - shipped to Seattle 1 large dredge from GSC - shipped to Seattle Navy meterological equipment including:nites case, cables, GPS Antenna,UHF Antenna, RS-80 Sondes (100), Balloons (100), Helium bottles, Navy Seaglider 2 Shipping cases and plywood and mesh launch/recovery cradle Empty sample boxes cargo list attached. Additional File(s) Uploaded for Cargo List: 1 |Filename| |File Size| ESTIMATED PACKOUT DIMENSIONS FOR USCGC HEALY.doc 24064 bytes

PAGE 2      14. Give a brief description of the area of operations and type of work to be done and science objective: General working area is between 70N and 83N, 120W and 165E (see figure below0 Primary science objective of the cruise is support seismic operations on the Louis St. Laurent and to collect morphologic data in support of determining the extended continental shelf of the United States. Multibeam sonar and Chirp subbottom data are critical datasets. The cruise dates are determined to coincide with dates for the Louis S. St-Laurent ECS cruise. This will be a two-icebreaker cruise to continue the data collection that was started in 2008. Depending on ice conditions, some of the cruise may have Healy working in one-ship mode in a different area. There is also a chance that Healy will be used to collect dredge samples in support of ECS studies. The HEALY will also take part in seismic source calibrations at the very beginning of the leg. While ice conditions will ultimately control where the vessels are, the primary working areas and line are presented in the attached figure. NOTE -- LSL will not be collecting seismic data in the US EEZ. We will also attempt to recover two High Frequency Acoustic Recording Packages (HARPS) on our transit north. If they are recovered they will be refurbished and re-deployed on the transit back to Barrow. If time permits we personnel from the National Ice Center will also deploy Metocean ice buoys. The NIC will also carry on a program of routine ice characteristics observations. We may also attempt to dredge several bathymetric features mapped in 2007 in order to determine the nature of the crust in these areas. The Navy will carry out a METOC observation program which may include weather balloon launches, seaglider launch and recovery and XBT launches. Operational Plan Description 15. Operational plan: Cruise Tracks and Station Locations. Please provide as complete a description as possible. Include with this plan, or separately, a complete list of stations with ID, Latitude, Longitude, depth and other information such as type of sampling/operations as appropriate. Use the text box below or upload separate documents as needed. 15a. Upload a cruise track file (jpeg, pdf, gif, etc) here (required): Cruise Track Uploaded: HEALY09_Track12June.jpg     15b. Upload additional files as needed: Additional File(s) Uploaded for Operational Plan: 0 |Filename| |File Size| Operational Plan Description The primary mission of the HEALY on HLY0905 will be to break ice for the LSL when the LSL is collecting seismic data. While breaking ice the HEALY will collect multibeam sonar data and high-resolution (Knudsen) subbottom profiler data. The primary track lines are the blue lines on the enclosed image. Should ice conditions allow the HEALY to leave the LSL the primary target for mapping will be the region between the Chukchi Cap and the Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge -- a region bounded by approximaty 80N - 84N and 150W - 179W -- but as usual we will be following the bottom and cannot predict where it will lead us. Ancillary programs may include: Ice buoy launch by NIC, HARP buoy recovery and deployment by SIO, and a Navy METOC program with weather balloons and sea-glider launch. Will the vessel be operating within 200 miles of a foreign country?   Yes If yes, Please list them here: Canada 16. Will you be contacting Native communities to inform them of your intended icebreaker research activities?  Yes If yes, please list the native communities and contacts: This will be done through BASC (Glenn Sheehan). 17. Will Marine Mammal Protection Act, NEPA or Endangered Species Act consultation or permitting be required?  No 18a. Cruise Plan and Description of Operations: Provide as much detail as possible about the type of operations and sampling to be conducted, daily schedule and hours of operation, type of equipment to be used and any other information that will help us prepare for this cruise. Use additional pages or send corrected drafts as necessary. If this is a multi-investigator cruise, please include a list of Co-PI's who will be submitting operational science plans: We will depart Barrow and head to the site of the HARP buoys about 70 nmi from Barrow. The HARP buoys are located at: HARP Site C: 72° 47.926 N, 158° 23.913 W in 327 meters of water and; HARP Site B, 72° 27.645 N, 157° 23.947 W in 234 meters of water. The HARP site (or the patch test site -- see below) may be the location for launch of the seaglider. Upon retrieval of the HARP buoys we will proceed to the edge of the Chukchi Cap (approximately 175 miles from Barrow) and take a deep CTD to calibrate the XBT's. We will the proceed with a Seabeam calibration (Patch Test) steaming back and forth at the base of the Cap and then up and down the slope of the cap. This should take approximately 12 hours. Depending on the progress of the LSL we will then either rendevous with the LSL or proceed up north to a the region between the Chukchi and the Alpha-Mendeleev to look for the foot of the slope. As usual we cannot predict where we will go as we will be following the bottom. When we rendezvous with the LSL we will conduct a two-ship seismic source calibration experiment. This will involve the HEALY deploying a calibrated hydrophone over the side and maintaining station while the LSL steams around the HEALY in Figure 8 pattern. A draft experiment plan is attached as Seismic_Calibration_Draft.doc. When we have joined up with the LSL we will be collecting multibeam and subbottom data and breaking ice ahead of them along the tracks outlined in the enclosed figures. We will require at least two XBT's per day -- the METOC program may require more. Ancillary programs (METOC, ice buoy, etc.) will be carried on a non-interference basis as time permits. There will most likely be numerous exchanges between LSL and HEALY scientists - via LSL helo's. ANCILLARY PROGRAMS: HARP RECOVERY AND REDEPLOYMENT: Recovery - Transit to site C (72° 47.926 N, 158° 23.913 W in 327 meters of water, once we arrive, use an acoustic deck box connected to the 12 kHz hull transducer in IC/Gyro to transmit for range and then release the ballast weights. Approximately 5-10 minutes later, the HARP will surface. Once visually sighted, a small rhib boat will be deployed in order to tow the frame up near the starboard quarter where Healy can crane the instrument onto the aft deck (weighs ~1100 lbs). The same will be repeated for site B (772° 27.645 N, 157° 23.947 W in 234 meters of water). . Redeployment - Both instruments will be refurbished and made ready for deployment (weighs ~1500 lbs). A third buoy will be deployed at 72° 10.569'N, 156° 33.176'W. New sites may be chosen depending on evaluation of the recovered data, so it would be useful to use the multibeam and perform an initial run over the site in order to check for seafloor features like ice scour pocks. Then Healy will position 50-100 meters outside the proposed site and move downswell/wind at about 1 knot (dependent on currents). On the fantail deck, the HARP frame will be positioned underneath the aft A-frame and the 10 meter hydrophone line will be strung out down to the water line. The A-frame operator will lift the frame and pay out until it is submerged below the water line. If everything is streaming properly, then the quick release will triggered and the HARP is deployed on site. If time permits, a XBT sonobuoy will be deployed to collect temperature profiles at each site. Sonobuoy ops - In order to receive VHF signals from deployed sonobuoys, a vertical antenna will be mounted above the Helo Control Tower and radio gear set up in the Helo Shack. Deployment simply requires gently tossing the expendable hydrophone into the water from the fantail deck. A contingent of sonobuoys will be used to opportunistically record marine mammals like ice seals whenever they are visually sighted from the bridge. Most of the sonobuoys will be used to conduct radiated noise measurements of Healy in various modes of propulsion (i.e. during heavy ice breaking, different prop pitch variations, etc.). The op requires an observer to visually monitor the sonobuoy float and make regular estimations of it's approximate distance from Healy's stern. At the same time, GPS coordinates of Healy's position must also be regularly recorded. These two positions will give the approximate range from source to receiver. It's also possible that two sonobuoys can be deployed and recorded simultaneously if this helps to make more accurate measurements. All sonobuoy calibration will occur on the digital end, so no ops are required for this. METOCEAN BEACONS/BUOYS Pre-loading of IABP open ocean drifting buoys and tools will take place in the Seattle or Everett area in June. Coordination of shipment is being done by Ignatius Rigor of the Polar Science Center (PSC). Drifting buoys will be deployed in open water during the most western tracks of the cruise. A total of 2 (two) AXIB seasonal ice buoy prototypes will also be shipped by Legnos Boat, Inc. (LBI) for testing and possible deployment in the marginal ice zone or open water. None of these deployments should require on ice operations. Although unlikely, depending on need, opportunity, and sea ice conditions encountered, one of the seasonal buoys may instead be deployed on multiyear sea ice (MYI). In this case, the deployment on MYI will be scheduled, when possible, to take advantage of other planned stops but in all cases will be conducted strictly as independent and separate field activities from other cruise plans. Typical deployments on MYI take 30-45 minutes of on-the-ice time. All buoy deployments will be done in close coordination with the cruise Chief Scientist on a non-interference basis so as not to impact mapping activities. A pre-cruise nowcast analysis of sea ice conditions in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Cap region will be provided by the NIC to the Chief Scientist to guide in the fine tuning of the initial cruise tracks. In addition to on board sea ice analysis and imagery cruise support, the NIC personnel will collect hourly observations of sea ice characteristic as the Healy navigates ice infected waters. Recorded observations will include estimates of ice thickness and snow depth during icebreaking operations in the ice pack. NIC personnel will additionally support the science seminars series during the cruise. Tools and any buoys not deployed during the cruise will be unloaded in Seattle for shipment back to PSC and LBI. DREDGING: If time and conditions permit and appropriate target found, we will deploy a dredge and attempt recover in-situ samples of bedrock along sloping targets at approximately 3000 m depth. We will follow standard dredging procedure, deploying the dredge at the bottom of the slope and steaming up slope. If needed we will break the ice along the track before deploying dredge. UAS OPS: UAS Operations (should permission be granted) will be on a non-interference basis under the supervision of Greg Walker from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 18b. Upload additional files as needed: Additional File(s) Uploaded for Description of Operation: 1 |Filename| |File Size| Seismic_Calibration_Draft.doc 636928 bytes 19. If your cruise involves any of the following, please check below: (Items marked * Require advance approval.) Items Check Multiple PI or Institution Cruise: Yes 24 hour science operations (Night Work?): Yes Personnel Deployed on Ice: No Hazardous Materials: Yes Radioactive Isotopes: No * Stable Isotopes: No * Gasoline to run science equipment: Yes Explosive Devices: No Fire Arms: No * Flammable Gases: No Portable air compressors: No      If yes, please indicate the power requirements: 19a. Ancillary Programs #1 Program Description Ice Buoy deployment PI Name Pablo Clemente-Colon PI Contact pablo.clemente-colon@natice.noaa.gov Names of people sailing on leg 2 Cargo to load - dimensions/weight ??? cant get him to tell me yet Mob port for shipping/loading Seattle (I hope) Temporary equipment installations no equipment description and location Buoys from Nat. Ice Center Interface/data interface requirements no Underway operations requirements Deviations from cruise track? No Changes in ship speed? Yes Deployment of any gear over the side? Yes Deployment of personnel over the side? No #2 Program Description METOC OPS PI Name CDR William Sommer PI Contact william.sommer@navy.mil Names of people sailing on leg 2 Cargo to load - dimensions/weight see cargo list Mob port for shipping/loading Seattle Temporary equipment installations no equipment description and location From NAVO Interface/data interface requirements no Underway operations requirements Deviations from cruise track? Yes Changes in ship speed? Yes Deployment of any gear over the side? Yes Deployment of personnel over the side? Yes #3 Program Description HARP Buoy Deployment and Recovery PI Name Ethan Roth PI Contact eroth@sio.ucsd.edu Names of people sailing on leg 1 Cargo to load - dimensions/weight 2600 lbs Mob port for shipping/loading Seattle Temporary equipment installations no equipment description and location at buoys deployed, sonobuoys and hydrophones will be brought from SIO. BUOYS WILL HAVE LITHIUM BATTS THIS YEAR Interface/data interface requirements no Underway operations requirements Deviations from cruise track? Yes Changes in ship speed? Yes Deployment of any gear over the side? Yes Deployment of personnel over the side? Yes

PAGE 3      20. Diving Operations:   No Number of Dives: Purpose: Will members of the science party be diving:   Are you requesting USCG diver support:         21. Small Boat Operations:   No Use of science party small boats: Use of USCG small boats: Number of deployments expected: Purpose: Range in miles from the ship: Payload size and weight: Gasoline for science equipment: 22. Helicopter Operations:   Yes Passenger Transports: No Cargo Transports: No Payload size and weight: No response Maximum hours/flight: No response Average hours/day: No response Number of flights: No response Total flight hours: No response Installation of sensors on Helicopter: No response Describe flight operations: Needed only for embarkation and disembarkation Range in miles from the ship: No response Average track miles for each sortie: No response 23. Deployment or Recovery of Moorings:   Yes Provide the Lat/Long/Depth of each mooring: No response Mooring Worksheet: mooring.pdf Number of Moorings to deploy: No response Number of Moorings to recover: No response Min Depth: No response Max Depth: No response

PAGE 4      24. Total Number of People in Your Party (include NSF provided support personnel such as LDEO and Scripps; do not include helicopter personnel): No response 25. Current Crew List Download XLS file (HEALY09CREWLIST_FORSHIP.xls) Last Name First Name Institution Position Phone/Email Sex Date On Date Off Foreign Nat. Nationality 1 Larry Mayer CCOM UNH Ch. Scientist 603 862-2615 larry at ccom dot unh dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 2 Capt. Andy Armstrong NOAA/CCOM Co-Ch. Scient 603 862-4559 andy dot armstrong at noaa dot gov M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 3 Brian Calder CCOM UNH Scientist 603 862-0526 brc at ccom dot unh dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 Yes UK 4 Will Fessenden CCOM IT specialist will at ccom dot unh dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 5 Nikki Kuenzel CCOM/UNH Grad Student nikki at ccom dot unh dot edu F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 6 Rachel Soraruf CCOM/NOAA Grad Student rachel at ccom dot unh dot edu F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 7 Kentaro Kaneda CCOM Grad Student kentaro at ccom dot unh dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 Yes Japan 8 Christina Franco de Lacenda CCOM Grad Student christina at ccom dot unh dot edu F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 Yes Brazil 9 Barbara Moore State Dept/NOAA Scientist mooreb at state dot gov F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 10 Jennifer Henderson NOAA/NGDC Scientist jennifer dot henderson at noaa dot gov F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 11 Tom Obrien USGS Scientist tobrien at usgs dot gov M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 12 Paul Henkart SIO Scientist phenkart at ucsd dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 13 Kelley Brumley UAF Grad Student 907-474-5385 fskjb20 at uaf dot edu F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 14 Ethan Roth UCSD Acoustic Eng. (858) 534-4069 ehroth at ucsd dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 15 Betsy Baker Vermont Law School Professor of Law (802) 831-1270 bbaker at vermontlaw dot edu F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 16 CDR William Sommer USN METOC (228) 688-1022 william dot sommer at navy dot mil M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 17 AG1 Richard Lemkuhl USN METOC (757)444-7750 richard dot lehmkuhl at navy dot mil M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 18 John K. Hall Geol Survey Isreal Scientist jkh1 at 012 dot net dot il M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 19 Yoann Ladroit Univ of Brest Grad Student yoann dot ladroit at telecom-bretagne dot eu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 Yes France 20 Pablo Clemente-Colon NIC/NOAA Scientist pablo dot clemente-colon at natice dot noaa dot gov M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 21 Lt. Kyle Obrock NIC/USN Scientist kobrock at natice dot noaa dot gov M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 22 Dale Chayes LDEO Snr Guru dale at ldeo dot columbia dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 23 Steve Roberts LDEO/UAR DB Guru sroberts at ucar dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 24 Christine Hedge NOAA Teacher cloyce_hedge_392 at comcast dot net F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 25 Jonathan Pazol URI/ARMADA teacher Teacher jpazol at leyden212 dot org M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 No USA 26 Erin Clarke CIS Ice observer Erin dot clark at ec dot gc dot ca F 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 Yes Canada 27 Alex Andronikov U Mich Scientist andron at umich dot edu M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 no USA 28 Community Observer BASC Comm Obs TBD M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 no USA 29 NIC NIC/NOAA Scientist TBD M 2009-08-07 2009-09-16 no USA 30 MMO NOAA Contractor MMO TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 25a.Dietary Requirements: Vegetarian 2 Vegan 0 No Red Meat 0 Low Fat 0 Comments: There still may be changes but I hope we are close.

PAGE 5      26. Please check (X) by equipment needed. If you have questions, or need assistance, please call or email the Marine Science Department or at 206-217-6300. There are two trawl core winches and two oceanographic winches. Healy has spare drums with cable for the oceanographic winches which can only be changed in port. Cables Instrument(s) Instrument Wts Max Depth A Frame [x] .322"conducting cable (12k meters) CTD No response 4000 [ ]AFT  [x]STBD [ ] 3/8" steel cable (10k meters) [ ]AFT [ ]STBD [ ] .680 coax conducting cable (12k meters) [ ]AFT [ ]STBD [x] 9/16" steel cable (14k meters) DREDGE 7000 lbs 4000 [x]AFT  [ ]STBD [ ] 1/4" steel cable (14k meters) [ ]AFT [ ]STBD [ ] Spare .322 conducting cable (12k meters on spare drum) [ ]AFT [ ]STBD [ ] SeaMac portable winch-Instrument [ ]AFT [ ]STBD Will you be bringing your own winch and wire?   No Describe use, size, and weight & power requirements below:  Ethan Roth has requested permission to use WHOI mooring winch

PAGE 6      27. Crane requirements:   Anticipated use [x] Port Side Fantail Crane (Safe Working Load: 5 tons) buoy launch and recover [x] Starboard Side Fantail Crane (Safe Working Load: 15 tons) mooring launch and recovery [x] 04 Deck Cranes (Safe Working Load: 15 tons) moving equipment [ ] Forecastle Crane (Safe Working Load: 3 tons) Describe other lifting requirements here: (cranes have limited reach please consult the crane descriptions) No response 28. Deckspace Requirements: [ ]Vans [ ]   Incubators [ ]  Storage Total Number Type/Size Location Water Req Seawater Req Power Req Describe all other Deckspace requirements here: No response

PAGE 7      29. Science Equipment and Lab Configuration: CTD - SIO support Click here for Healy Station keeping parameters [x]  SeaBird 911 + CTD/Rosette Use:Occasional Depth -     Min(m):No response     Max(m):4000m Approximate Number of casts planned:   4 [ ]  Redundant Temperature Sensors [ ]  Redundant Conductivity Sensors [ ]  O2 Sensor [ ]  Wet Labs Transmissometer [ ]  Chelsea Fluorometer [x]  Altimeter [ ]  24-place rosette with 12 Liter internal spring Niskin bottles [ ]  12-place rosette with 30 Liter internal spring Niskin bottles [ ]  Biospherical QSP2300 PAR sensor O-Ring type: [ ] Silicone    [ ] Nitrile Buna-N    [ ] VITON Expendable Oceanographic Probes (User supplied) [ ]  Hull mounted launcher [x]  Hand launcher Number of Launches:  80 What probes will you be launching? (checked below) [x]XCTD      [x]XBT      [x]Other:  XSV Science Seawater Science Seawater - SIO Support [ ] AutoSal Salinometer Use:  [x] Seabird 45 Thermosalinograph Use:Occasional [ ] Seapoint SCF fluorometer Use:  [ ] Seabird SBE43 oxygen sensor Use:  [ ] Turner SCUFA fluorometer Use:  [ ] Omega Flow meter Use:  Incubator Seawater [ ] Incubator ambient temperature seawater Flow volume (liters/minute): Please indicate other seawater requirements: No response Acoustics [x] SEABEAM 2112 Bottom Mapping Echosounder (Science Party supplies operator) Use:Dedicated [x] RDI 150 kHz BB ADCP (Science Party supplies operator) Use:Occasional [x] RDI 75 kHz BB ADCP (Science Party supplies operator) Use:Occasional [x]  Knudsen 320B/R Echosounder Use:Dedicated [x] Benthos pingers Use:Occasional Please indicate other comments regarding acoustics: Multibeam and subbottom are main objectives. May use pinger on dredge. METOC program may want ADCP data.

PAGE 8      30. Science Equipment and Lab Configuration: (Cont.) Lab Equipment [ ] DI Water (18 Mega Ohm) liters/day required: [ ] -80 °C freezers (2 @ 12 cu ft each) Use:  [ ]  Fume Hood (3 available) Use:  [ ] Climate Control Chambers 10x9x6' (2) Use:  [ ] Walk in Freezer/Reefer two @ 13x8x6' Use:  [ ] Clean/UPS Power (120v, 60Hz, Type 1) [ ] Any Power Sensitive Equipment that you are concerned about Please provide description: No response   Meteorological [x] RM Young 85004 Ultrasonic Wind Sensors [x] Paroscienctific MET3A Temperature, Humidity, Pressure [x] RM Young 50202 Precipitation guage [x] Eppley infrared Radiometer Modle PIR [x] Eppley Spectral Pyranometer Model PSP [x] Terascan Weather Satellite System [ ] Biospherical QSR-2200 PAR sensor Communications [x] Email Bytes/Day To Ship: No responseFrom Ship: No response [x] Iridium Phone Mins per day:No response [x]  Data/FTP Bytes/Day To Ship: No responseFrom Ship: No response [x] INMARSAT Phone Mins per day:No response [x] High latitude satellite connectivity (>73 N) Bytes/Day from the ship:No response   Explain other communications concerns and requirements: Will revise as we know more. Wireless communications are also desired for data exchange and audio conference with Louis. S. St-Laurent. Coring [ ]  Jumbo Piston Coring Use:  Number of cores: Minimum depth:   Maximum depth:   [ ] Gravity Core Use:  Number of cores: Minimum depth:   Maximum depth: Maximum core length: [ ]  Multicore [x]  User provided coring equipment Please provide description: Dredges