SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
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Voyages<br />
C.S.S. BAFFIN<br />
� The C.S.S. Baffin is a diesel driven ship<br />
designed for hydrographic surveying but also<br />
used for general oceanography. The ship is<br />
owned by the federal Department <strong>of</strong> Fisheries<br />
and Oceans, and it is operated by DFO’s<br />
Scotia-Fundy Region.<br />
� Principal statistics - Lloyds Ice Class I hull<br />
. . . built in 1956 . . . length 86.9m . . .<br />
breadth 15.lm draft 5.7m . . . freeboard<br />
to working deck 3.3m . . . 4987 tonnes<br />
displacement . . . 3511 gross registered tons<br />
. . . 15.5 knot full speed . . . 10 knot service<br />
speed . . . 76 day endurance . . . 18,000 n.<br />
mile range at service speed . . . complement<br />
<strong>of</strong> 29 hydrographic staff drafting, plotting,<br />
and laboratory spaces provided<br />
MICRO VAX II computer . . . heliport and<br />
hangar twin screws and bow thruster for<br />
position holding . . . six survey launches.<br />
� 214 (187) days at sea and 16,498 (20,730) n.<br />
miles steamed in 1986 (<strong>1987</strong>)<br />
VOYAGE<br />
YEAR<br />
NUMBER<br />
86-007<br />
86-023<br />
VOYAGE<br />
DATES<br />
Apr. 28-Jul. 17<br />
Jul. 31-Oct. 1<br />
OFFICER<br />
IN<br />
CHARGE<br />
V. Gaudet, CHS<br />
M.G. Swim, CHS<br />
V. Gaudet, CHS<br />
AREA<br />
OF<br />
OPERATION<br />
Grand Manan Island<br />
Strait <strong>of</strong> Belle<br />
Isle, Labrador<br />
Coast Bylot Island, Singer Inlet<br />
(Ungava Bay)<br />
Grand Manan Island,<br />
N.B., Passamaquoddy<br />
Bay<br />
VOYAGE<br />
OBJECTIVES<br />
Standard navigational charting<br />
Standard navigational charting<br />
and sampling<br />
86-033 Oct. 7-Nov. 3 M.G. Swim, CHS Standard navigational charting<br />
and DOLPHIN trials<br />
87-001 Feb. 24-Mar. 13 A. Clarke, PCS Newfoundland Basin<br />
87-002 Mar. 15-29 C. Tang, PCS Northern Grand Banks<br />
87-010<br />
87-016<br />
87-020<br />
Apr. 9-May 15<br />
May 20-29<br />
Jun. 1-Aug. 12<br />
V. Gaudet, CHS<br />
R. Haedrick,<br />
Memorial<br />
V. Gaudet, CHS<br />
Scotian Shelf<br />
White and Notre Dame<br />
Bays, Newfoundland<br />
N.W. Coast <strong>of</strong> Newfoundland,<br />
Passamaquoddy Bay<br />
Batfish/CTD survey <strong>of</strong> Sub-Arctic<br />
front and convection study in the<br />
Newfoundland Basin Gyre<br />
Temperature and salinity and collection<br />
<strong>of</strong> ice data for remote sensing<br />
validation<br />
Standard navigational charting<br />
Biological and physical<br />
oceanography<br />
Standard navigational charting<br />
87-027 Aug. 17-Oct. 14<br />
M.G. Swim, CHS<br />
Norwegian Bay<br />
Standard navigational charting<br />
Viscount Melville<br />
Sound, Baffin Island<br />
(CHS) and AGC study on the<br />
seabed sediments in Norwegian<br />
Bay<br />
87-039 Oct. 30-Nov. 20 M.G. Swim, CHS Scotian Shelf Standard navigational charting<br />
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