Pathfinders Recon Mission
with RAT Team on 26 June 2010
Oil Reported:
• Numerous Sightings of sheen around the Chandeleur Islands.
• Numerous Sightings of tar balls floating inside and outside Chandeleur Islands.
• Sightings of miles long recoverable tar balls outside Chandeleur Islands, the boat was ordered to be decon’d upon return to Hopedale.
• Large Concentration of Sheen Geocoded by Pathfinders 29.5102, -89.1101
• Line of Sheen/Tarballs Geocoded By Pathfinders 29.6922, -88.8404
• Possibly Recoverable Oil, 29.6978, -88.8488
• Oil On Ship Hull, Boat Ordered To Be Decon’d Upon Return To Base, 29.7867, -88.9686
• Possibly Recoverable Tarballs, 29.7718, -88.9493
• Rainbow Colored Sheen, 29.5129, -89.115
Wildlife Sightings:
• 1 Possible oil coated bird.
• Many sightings of oil imbedded in seashells on beach at Chandeleur Islands
• Possibly Oiled Gull, 29.7869, -88.9685 Tarballs In Seashells, 29.7868, -88.9686
Safety Incidents:
• USCG Chief Scott Basinger hit in neck by airborne tar ball.
• Broken refrigerator floating in the water.
• USCG Chief Scott Basinger Hit In Neck By Tarball, 29.775, -88.9495
• Tarballs Spotted On Beach 29.7871, -88.969
