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Barkley Benthic Pod 3
This platform is positioned in Barkley Canyon between the Barkley Hydrates platform and Barkley Canyon Axis platform. Another platform, Barkley Benthic Pod 4 is located nearby.
Instruments on this platform
- Kongsberg Mesotech Rotary Sonar
- RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ADCP (150KHz)
- low-light black & white video camera
- Nortek Aquadopp High Resolution Current Profiler
Instruments positioned nearby
(Barkley Benthic pod 3 is not connected to any satellite instruments.)
Location
Connected to Barkley Slope/Canyon node on 16 May 2010 from the CCGS Tully.
- Depth: 892.0m
- Lat: 48.31511N
- Lon: 126.05879W
- Heading: 226.0°
Overview map showing platforms Barkley Canyon. (Click to enlarge.)
Photos
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 End view of Barkley Benthic Pod 3.  Camera, lights and lasers.  Connector hose. |
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After deployment, May 2010.  ADCP and sonar.  Jellyfish over pod 3. |
Installed Platforms
Barkley Canyon/Slope
Barkley Upper SlopeBarkley Hydrates
Barkley Benthic Pod 2
Vertical Profiler System
Hydrates Crawler
Barkley Canyon Axis (Pod 1)
Barkley Benthic Pod 3
Barkley Benthic Pod 4
Folger Passage
Folger DeepFolger Pinnacle
ODP 889
ODP 889 Instrument PlatformODP 889 Seismometer Auxiliary Platform
ODP 1027
ODP 1027 Instrument Platform
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