[PSUBS-MAILIST] 2019 Flathead Lake Expedtion

[Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles]

Cliff, thanks so much for organizing. It's a weird and wonderful luxury for
me to just sit back and watch the emails come through showing everything
falling into place, but I know none of it is happening on its own!

Best,
Alec

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:50 AM Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> 2019 Flathead Lake Expedition
>
> Since David mentioned his goal in getting his boat ready for dive next
> year in Montana, I thought I would update the Psub community on the
> expedition.  On August 5-9, 2019, the 2019 Flathead Lake Expedition is
> planned.  This is a joint effort between InnerSpace.Org
> https://www.innerspacescience.org/ and the Flathead Bio Station
> https://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs . FLBS is operated by the University of
> Montana.  I am the point person for this Expedition from the Innerspace
> Science/PSub side and Jim Craft,
> https://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs/about-flbs/people/page-elements/flbs-people/people/jim-craft/
>  from the FLBS, UM science side. Tom Bansak,
> http://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs/about-flbs/people/page-elements/flbs-people/people/tom-bansak/
> , the assistant director at FLBS, is also working closely with Jim Craft on
> the Expedition.  Organizationally, this Expedition will be structured
> much like the 2018 Lake Tahoe Expedition.  The base station for the dive
> is going to be the FHBS facility at Yellow Bay on the west side of the lake.
> At this time two psubs are committed to come.  Hank Pronk is bringing
> Nekton Gamma and I am bringing the R300.  If David is able to finish
> fabrication and testing by then, then he is welcome to bring SeaQuester.  Jim
> Craft is working with his FLBS colleges to develop the science objectives
> which will primarily be completed with Nekton Gamma as she can take a
> passenger.  Gamma will be fitted with an instrumentation package, the
> Hydrolab DS5 - Multiparameter Data Sonde
> https://www.ott.com/en-uk/products/water-quality-2/hydrolab-ds5-multiparameter-data-sonde-56/
> .  FLBS has two of these data sondes but they may have one of these
> committed on an existing research project.  If it is available, it will
> be mounted on the R300.  These data sondes log Temperature, Conductivity,
> Depth, pH, Oxygen Reduction Potential (ORP), Dissolved Oxygen (LDO),
> Dissolved Oxygen (Clark Cell), Turbidity, Chlorophyll a, Blue-Green Algae,
> Rhodamine WT, Ammonium, Nitrate, Chloride, Total Dissolved Gas (TDG), and
> Ambient Light.
>
> One of the planned science missions is for Gamma to do a submerged
> transect from the mouth of the Flathead river at the north of the lake to
> Big Arm Bay logging with the DS5 and capturing bottom samples along the
> path.  Hank is in the process of adding the capability to Gamma to take
> these samples.  A bathymetric map of the lake can be found at
> http://flatheadlakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bathymap.pdf
>
> Dr. Josef Crepeau, Associate Prof. Mathematics, University of Montana has
> agreed to provide dive support with his 19ft Boston Whaler. The plan is for
> Josef to use his vessel to tender the R300 and FLBS’s 30 foot research
> vessel will be tendering Nekton Gamma.  We have a number of psubbers that
> are tentatively involved:
> Cliff Redus
> Rick Maxwell
> Hank Pronk and wife
> Jon Wallace
> Doug Suhr Jr.
> Doug Suhr Sr.
> Alec Symth (Provisional depending on his son’s racing schedule)
> David Colombo and wife
>
> Limited sleeping accommodation for some of the psub contingent has been
> provided at FLBS base station using their faculty cabins but these cabins
> now are fully committed.  There are a number of hotels in Polson but be
> aware that reservation would need to be made early for these as they tend
> to fill up fast for the summer.  We have a local contact, Masson Niblack,
> who lives in Polson working with us as well for local info.
>
> Along with the long submerged transect that Hank is going to make, we will
> also be doing a joint night dive to see the difference in the marine
> community between day and night.  There are several wall dives that are
> also planned.  As we get closer to the date, we will get a better picture
> of the planned dives.
>
> On Friday afternoon August 9th, FLBS is hosting an open house for the
> public and has asked Innerspace Science to have the subs available for
> 400-500 students.
> Flathead Lake is one of the largest clearest lakes in the US.  The 2019
> Flathead Lake Expedition should be a hoot!
> Cliff
>
>
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