FINAL FIELD REPORT SURVEYS IN THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE C.S.S. HUDSON A.O. O'CONNOR HYDROGRAPHER-IN-CHARGE JUNE 23 TO OCTOBER 2,1981 .. CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES SIDNEY, B.C. CSS Hudson Final Field Report Surveys in the Northwest Passage CSS Hudson Projects 7710-81, 7210-7044 A.D . O'Connor Hydrographer-in-Charge June 23 to October 2, 1981 Canadian Hydrographic Service Institute of Ocean Sciences Sidney, B.C. 1981 • Preparations "There are four tftings that constitute the ruination of mankind, Whisky, Women, Gambling, and ......... Software . 11 J. William Newsome Ope rat ions 11 1 can't bel leve you guys are doing all this without a Xerox. 11 Alan D. Anderson Conclusions 11 lf it wasn't for the cooks you'd all feel better. 11 2nd Cook Madigan CSS Hudson TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ii ABSTRACT ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• •••••• ; • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • i i i LI ST OF PERSONNEL •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• MAJOR CRAFT AND EQUIPMENT.......... .................................. 5 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 INTRODUCTION • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 11 PLANNING ............................................................. 14 PREPARATIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16 OPERATIONS • • • • • • • • • • . • • • •• • • • •• • • • • .• •• • • •• • • • • •• •• • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 19 CONCLUSIONS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 29 FIELD REPORT STATISTICS ••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• ••••••• 39 I ii " ACKNO\~LE DGEMENTS The personnel involved in the hydrographic phase of Hudson 1 81 were part of a team. Team members were involved in every aspect of the project, the planning, the preparation and the operation. Credit for the success of the project goes to the t eam. What a team! It was my good fortune to be selected coach. Many thanks! A.D. O' Connor iii ABSTRACT Betwe e n February 27 and November 14, 1981 , CSS Huds on , Canada's largest research vessel, circumnavigated North America. Her primary mission ~as to conduct hydrographic surveys in the Northwest Passage in anticipation of future tanker traffic. From her base at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Hudson made passage to the Institute of Ocean Sciences at Sidney , British Columbia to be outfitted for hydrographic surveying. Advantage was taken of the presence of this major research vessel in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to conduct oceanographic , geological and geophysical studies en route to I .O.S., and in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait on her homeward passage. This report deals with the period July 6 to October 2, covers the leg of Hudson 's voyage between Victoria, British Columbia and Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories, and details the hydrographic activities of Huds on in the Northwest Passage . LIST OF PERSONNEL Joined Left A.O. 0 1 Connor Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer-in-Charge 6 July 2 October J .A. Vosburgh Victoria Nanislvik Senior Assistant 6 July 17 September J.B. Larkin Victoria Resolute Bay Computer Systems Manager 6 July 11 September A. R. Raymond Victoria Resolute Bay Senior Data Processor 6 July ' 2 October K. Daechsel He rsche 1 Isl and Resolute Bay Hydrographer 22 July 11 September D. Frizzle Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer 6 July 11 September P. Milner Tuktoyaktuk Resolute Bay Hydrographer 27 August 2 October E. Sargent Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer 6 July 2 October R. Pa 1mer Herschel Island Resolute Bay Hydrographer 22 .Ju ·1 y 11 September K. Halcro Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrog rapher 6 July 2 October M. Bastarache Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer 6 July 11 September K. Lyngberg Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer 6 July 11 September B. lr/ood Victoria Resolute Bay Hydrographer 6 July 2 October A. Anderson Herschel Island Tuktoyaktuk N.O.A . A. Exchange Hydrographer 23 July 27 August R. Loschiavo Victoria Tuktoyaktuk Senior Electronics Technician 6 July 3 September W. Hinds Tuktoyaktuk Resolute Bay Electronics Technician 14 July 11 September R. Rob i ta i 11 e Herschel Island Resolute Bay Hydrographer 22 July 11 September 2 r Joined Left c. Hollinger Tuktoyaktuk Resolute Bay " Electronics Technician 14 July 2 October J. Smedley Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Tidal Officer 14 July 4 September D. Kirkby Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September R. Lovelace Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September J. Young Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September R. White Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September D. Knoblauch Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September B. Laforest Herschel Island Resolute Bay Coxswain 23 July 11 September C. Warren Victoria Resolute Bay Coxswain 6 July 2 October F. Baker Victoria Resolute Bay Coxswain 6 July 2 October R. Noren Herschel Island Resolute Bay Mechanic 23 July 11 September J. Innes Herschel Island Resolute Bay Mechanic 23 July 11 September D. Poley Herschel Island Tuktoyaktuk A.G.C. 22 July 3 September F. Jedrey Herschel Island Tuktoyaktuk A.G.C. 22 July 27 August R. Harmes Tuktoyaktuk Resolute Bay A. G.C. 25 August l October ;~ M. Hughes Nanisivik Resolute Bay A.G.C. 14 September 2 October J. Nielson Nanisivik Resolute Bay A.G.C. 14 September 2 October 3 Joined Left L. Solar Victoria Resolute Ba y Ice Observer 6 July 2 October Captain F.W. Mauger Victoria Resolute Ba y Captain N. Norton 6 July 2 October Officers and crew of CSS Hudson H. Massecar Resolute Bay Resolute Ba y Helicopter Pilot 11 September 2 October V. Garbowski Resolute Bay Resolute Bay Helicopter Engineer ll September 2 October Visitors I . Rankine Herschel Island Tuktoyaktuk N. F. B. 22 July 27 July R. Besse Herschel Isl and Tuktoyaktuk N.F.B. 22 July 27 July G. Du faux Herschel Island Tuktoyaktuk N.F.B. 22 July 27 July T. Curran Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Electronics Engineer 30 July 6 August R.W . Sandilands Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Regional Field Superintendent 6 August 10 August B. Pelletier Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk G.S.C. 13 August 21 August J. Scott Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk G.S.C. 18 August 18 August B. Forrestell Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoya kt uk Treas ury Board 18 August 18 August W. Erikson Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk E .M. R. l 8 /\ugus t 18 August M. Foster Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Photographer 21 August 27 August T. Koepke Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Observer 21 August 27 August G. Kusak Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Side Scan Sonar Engineer 16 August 20 Aug ust 4 . Joined Left M. Bolton Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Regional Hydrographer (Pacific) 27 August 30 August G.R. Douglas Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Regional Hydrographer (Central) 27 August 30 August T. Curtis Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Contractor 27 August 3 September p. Lacroix Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Contractor 27 August 3 September Hydrographic Survey Party Hudson 1 81 Left to Right : Ralph, John, Roger, Bill, Brian, Tony, Pete, Doug, Ernie, Knut, Jim, Ken, Richard, Alex, Maurice, Ken. Not Shown: John, Alan, Craig. 5 MAJOR CRAFT AND EQUIPMENT CSS Hudson 90 metre , steel-hulled, ice- strengthened, hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel. C-XMH, C-CQB, C-OKN Bell 206B helicopters on charter to the Polar Continental Shelf Project (PCSP) from Quasar Aviation Ltd. C-lMQ Sikorsky S-76 helicopter on charter to Dome Petroleum from Okanagan Helicopters Ltd. Occasional use only. Survey Boats Brisk~ Bright~ Brave~ Bold and Barracuda, 8 metre fibreglass, Bertram hull , survey launches each painted a different colour for identification purposes. Positioning System ARGO DM54 medium frequency (1702 KHz) electronic pos1t1oning system operated in range-range and hyperbolic mode, 11 stations. Echo Sounders Simrad Skipper 802 50 KHz echo sounders, 8 units . Sounding Digitizers Myers Systems Incorporated 11 Bottom Tracker11 Model G-1097, 8 units. Data Logger Portable Hydrographic Acquisit ion System (PHAS) microprocessor based data logging system with navigation capability. 8 units. Rad i OS Robertson VHF lOOx radios equipped with headphones, noise cancelling microphones and fitted with selective calling decoder. 6 units. Processing System • A PDP11-34A disc based computer system complete with 20 mb of disc storage; one Tandberg TDC3000 dual drive cartridge recorder; one Kennedy 9000 9-track magn etic tape transport; one 36 11 Calcomp 1038 drum plotter; one Tektronix 4014 graphics terminal; two VTlOO video display terminals; and two LA120 printer terminals. 6 Side Scan Sonar Klein 3 channel 531T recorder, 50 KHz dual body fish. Atlantic Geoscience Centre (AGC) Equipment 2 EPC model 4100 graphic recorders 2 Krohn-Hite model 3343 variable filter-amp! ifiers AGC High Voltage Airgun Trigger Unit NSRF 21 element active tapered hydrophone array Bolt 600B Par airgun with 5 or 10 cu. in. chamber Rix model K98 compressor Rix model Kl44 compressor 1800 lb. Benthos Piston corer with gravity corer trigger Lehigh 700 lb. gravity corer Benthos 800 lb. grav\ty corer Van Veen grab sampler 7 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS June 23 Hudson arrives I .O.S. Patricia Bay. II 24 Loading survey boats and equipment, I .O.S. II 25 Testing davits and ARGO , I . O. S. Hudson departs for shipyard, Esquimalt.