The first batch is of the OBS support van leaving SIO for shipment to Punta Arenas, Chile by sea freight.
Geology-based interpretation (with some artistic license) by Jo Griffeth.This page contains some images and descriptive text of cruise LMG98-10 of the ARSV Laurence M. Gould. which departed Punta Arenas (sandy point) Chile on 24 November, 1998, and returned 27 December, 1998. Before departure from port, the OBSs were assembled in the port area after having been shipped from Port Hueneme. Repairs were carried out in our portable lab van . The ARSV Laurence M. Gould (ARSV stands for Antarctic Research Support Vessel) looked like this alongside the pier at Punta Arenas. After loading the instruments aboard ship, the deck looked like this . .
For an OBS launch, the instrument was first moved from the storage and preparation area on deck to a position beneath tbe A-frame at tbe aft end of the deck. When the ship reached the drop position, the intrument was lowered into the water and released. The birds in the background are Cape Petrels (Daption capense). A "winter wonderland" sequence of three launch pictures taken during snowy weather are: one, two, three,.
