Cruise Diary 
Sampling action, weather and other information (see also tables) 
2 Aug 2007 
Arrival of the scientific crew and equipment in Cuxhaven. 
Placement and installation of containers and other equipment on board of R/V Pelagia. After 
some re-arrangements all containers had a fine place. There were difficulties to connect the 
different power cables of containers and the ship because of lacking adapters. The ship in- 
formed the Chief Scientist about problems with the large crane which should not cause a 
oroblem. 
Legend: 
1. sampling information 
2. weather conditions 
3. towed instrument information 
4. seabird and mammal observations 
MEST: Mid European Summertime (UTC + 2h) 
3 August 2007 
Before departure safety instructions for the scientific crew. 
0900 MEST Medem Reede 
Pelagia disembarks under fine weather conditions from Cuxhaven heading to Medem Reede 
for the first sampling location. 
1. A bucket for salinity, temperature, nutrient and oxygen sampling (very turbid water), Sec- 
chi disk and the glass bottle sampler for organic contaminants. 
1310 MEST Station 3 
1. CTD with sampling for nutrients and oxygen; Secchi disk 
2. blue sky and gentle breeze from W: 
3. still difficulties with the BSH data collection and distribution software “Reiseassistent”; 
power supply for the containers in the process of improvement and fully working at 1600 
1750 MEST Station 7 
1. CTD with sampling for nutrients and oxygen; Secchi disk 
2. blue sky and gentle breeze from W: 
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