Начальник ещё с вечера прошлого дня обещал завершение работ по сбору данных морской геологии в полдень 20 июня. План по опробованию донных отложений на этот день начал выполняться с разгаром солнечной погоды утром, причем во всех основных процедурах участвовало минимально требующееся число людей – ведь скоро на берег!
Toady we woke up with wonderful weather: cool temperature, clear sky and an impressive view of the mountains of the south Baikal.
Last night was calm. We were tired after hard day and quickly went to sleep. Only group of geophysics was on duty and worked one by one. They were looking on profilograph.
Today is July 16, and the eighth day of our expedition on Lake Baikal "Class @ Baikal". The day began earlier than usually, and promised to be saturated. Soon our research will be finish, therefore we should do all work by the plan. So gravity core lowered into the depths of the lake and we with eagerly await the start our work.
Первые трубки тоже поддержали погоду, порадовать наших исследователей им было нечем. Но после обеда всё встало на круги своя и работа закипела. Небо разъяснилось и показалось солнце. Работы на палубе совмещались с солнечными ваннами. Мамай перестал сопротивляться и делился накопленным за долгие годы.
The 1st leg of our expedition has finished quickly. It was full of different events. During this time almost everyone was turned into a “true marine geologist”. We took nearly 50 gravity cores and acquired new material on seeps. Everything is changing. Recently, a second methane plume has appeared on the “Krasnyi Yar” seep. That’s why we should visit that place again in a year. In fact, during all out TTR expeditions we took 190 gravity cores and 150 cores had temperature’s sensors on them to measure the temperature gradient in the sediment.
Today we woke up with a great pleasure because we had calculated the time of sleeping beforehand. Everyone slept well and started his work. Though it seemed to us that the corer didn’t sleep well enough because we recovered only 50 cm of sediments.
After a very short night, were are woken up at 6:50 am by the ship’s radio station announcing with load music the first corer of the day. For the second day in a row, a lot of coring stations are planned in the Krasniy Yar seep area and the chief of expedition will not allow any delay.
Работы сегодня проходили на полигоне Танхой, где располагается грязевой вулкан «Кедровая». Мы измеряли тепловые показатели в поперечном разрезе, с помощью специальных датчиков, прикрепленных к трех метровой гравитационной трубке снаружи. Применяя эту систему, мы можем отбирать газовые гидраты и грязе-вулканическую брекчию, параллельно измеряя температуру.
The morning in the region of “Krasnyi Yar” was early. The expedition was woken up by a loud discussion between Oleg Chlystov and ”helper of the captain” about what music to play. As a result, not music but loud voices woke everyone up.