Gulf of Mexico 1 of 3After about a year on dry land in Texas, I found outwhy all of us had to take survival-at-sea training. I was transferred to the OBC division where a cable is laid out behind a boat onto the bottom of the ocean (hence 'ocean-bottom cable') before a gunboat traverses the area and the seismic signals are recorded. This picture shows me on the top deck with a bunch of the cable stacked up for repair. In the background, the source vessel is cruising by, dragging its hydraulic 'guns' behind. |
