Subject: Data Seal location/Dive data "Casino", "PoeGo" 7/25/98
mike williamson (williams@www1.wheelock.edu)
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:54:57 -0400 (EDT)
Mike et al,
Locations on both seals today.
"Casino":
Continues to move south along the coast. Moved about twenty miles or so
from yesterday. Dive data tells us that he has done some of his deepest
diving to date (about 200 meters) or about 650 feet deep.
27583 Date : 23.07.98 08:18:35 LC : A IQ : 07 Lat1 : 43.909N Lon1 :
64.441W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 09:09:15 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 43.806N Lon1 :
64.766W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 09:56:05 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 43.345N Lon1 :
64.186W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 11:34:48 LC : 0 IQ : 58 Lat1 : 43.904N Lon1 :
64.560W
27583 Date : 23.07.98 12:30:26 LC : 0 IQ : 45 Lat1 : 44.065N Lon1 :
64.565W
"PoeGo":
Two more locations and a number of data messages (best day so far). The
locations put him about 50 miles north of Lubec Maine in the Bay of Fundy.
After eight days at sea we have five location points with a total distance
covers of 310 miles. Mean daily speed is 37 miles per day. (maximum of
53, minimum of 27). The points we have so far line up in an almost
straight line (sort of looks like a line drive up the Bay of Fundy). Below
is some dive data from a six hour period from 18:00-24:00 (GMT) late on the
22nd. This shows that "PoeGo" has done some dives to as deep as 825 feet
and one dive over 45 minutes long(and NO dives shorter than 2 minutes long)
Locations:
27580 Date : 16.07.98 17:44:50 LC : A IQ : 60 Lat1 : 42.692N Lon1 :
70.426W
27580 Date : 20.07.98 18:39:07 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 43.659N Lon1 :
68.750W
27580 Date : 23.07.98 22:13:15 LC : 0 IQ : 50 Lat1 : 44.991N Lon1 :
66.135W
27580 Date : 23.07.98 22:56:33 LC : B IQ : 00 Lat1 : 45.027N Lon1 :
66.115W
Dive Data:
date 7/22/98 period 3
time(rcv) date(rcv) 7/23/98 time(rcv)
22:57:58 time(GMT) 22:57:58
Duration minutes Depth meters
0 0-1 0 0-20
0 1-2 0 20-40
1 2-5 4 40-80
27 5-10 12 80-100
2 10-15 10 100-152
1 15-20 4 152-200
0 20-25 2 200-252
0 25-30 0 252-300
0 30-45 0 300-400
1 >45 0 >400
32 total dives 32 total dives
Keep your fingers crossed for the weekend.
ge
Greg Early
Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston, Mass 02110
617-973-5246 (phone)
617-723-6207 (FAX)
gearly@neaq.org