Remote Presence on board the Celtic Explorer
CTD Retrieval

14 October 2005


enroute extra long tracking transceiver mount hook... ...design
retrieval... CTD returns
       
   
control station


The following photos are from Dave Wall of the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group. IWDG
first launch hook considerations... launch w/manip
       
detail of hook in claw console view back in
CTD surfaces... pilot's view
at the control station

Video Grabs from ROV
1st dive to locate CTD
first sighting already inhabited looking up checking bail

2nd dive with manipulator fitted and retrieval hook in the claw
first attempt 19 minutes later... ...hooked... ...in
   
lifting... ...off the bottom

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Updated 26 April 2007