Photo & Video Log

This page contains photos and videos taken during the 2004 Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition that took place July 30 - August 23, 2004. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information. If a movie camera icon camera icon is present, a QuickTime video can be viewed by clicking on the image. Other video formats are available on the linked pages.

If a slideshow icon slideshow icon is present, a visual log of exploration images can be viewed. You can scroll through them one by one, or select the play button for an automatic slideshow.

(HR) = "High Resolution" images available.

 

Images

Thumbs upAugust 16
Thumbs up

Preparing to enter the recompression chamberAugust 16
Preparing to enter the recompression chamber

Preparing for his first working diveAugust 16
Preparing for his first working dive

Guiding the sub-bottom profilerAugust 12
Guiding the sub-bottom profiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing images from the sub-bottom profileAugust 12
Viewing images from the sub-bottom profiler

Divers entering the Monitor's hullAugust 10
Divers entering the Monitor's hull

Working on the Monitor at nightAugust 10
Working on the Monitor at night

The engine at the Mariner's MuseumAugust 7
The engine at the Mariner's Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The engine at the Mariner's MuseumAugust 7
The engine at the Mariner's Museum

Bunks in the dive bellJuly 30
Bunks in the dive bell

Dive bell underwaterJuly 30
Dive bell underwater

On the platformJuly 25
On the platform

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excited NOAA diverJuly 25
Excited NOAA diver

Engine Recovery Structure (ERS)July 17
Engine Recovery Structure (ERS)

The engine attached to ERSJuly 17
The engine attached to ERS

Lifting the ERS and the engineJuly 17
Lifting the ERS and the engine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "Wotan" bargeJuly 16
The "Wotan" barge

Raising the USS Monitor's engineJuly 16
Raising the USS Monitor's engine

Raising the USS Monitor's engineJuly 16
Raising the USS Monitor's engine

Walking across the Monitor's hullJune 30
Walking across the Monitor's hull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at a Monitor artifactJune 30
Looking at a Monitor artifact

Diving bell entering the waterJune 30
Diving bell entering the water

Divers inside the bellJune 30
Divers inside the bell

Launching diving bell from bargeJune 19
Launching diving bell from barge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dive briefingJune 19
Dive briefing

Launching the ROVJune 19
Launching the ROV

Loading the "Wotan" bargeJune 3
Loading the "Wotan" barge

Diving bellJune 3
Diving bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welding iron onto the"Wotan" barge June 3
Welding iron onto the"Wotan" barge

USS Grapple mooredMay 6
USS Grapple moored

Diver "hatting up for a diveMay 6
Diver "hatting up for a dive

Diver preparing to leave dive stageMay 6
Diver preparing to leave dive stage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing for mooringApril 30
Preparing for mooring

Moorings at seaApril 30
Moorings at sea

Navy dive teamApril 30
Navy dive team

Recovering a bayonet handleApril 15
Recovering a bayonet handle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whale-oil lamp chimneysApril 15
Whale-oil lamp chimneys