Programme
Information about GEOTRACES cruises and associated data sets can be found here. The current GEOTRACES cruise programme is shown in the table below. Details for forthcoming cruises will be updated as the information becomes available.
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 Cruise  |
Chief Scientist |
GEOTRACES Scientist |
Type |
Period  |
Location |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RV Thomas G. Thompson EPZT (GP16) | German Christopher | Moffett James | Section cruise (GP16) | 2013-10-26 — 2013-12-25 | Eastern tropical Pacific | — |
| RV Pelagia PE374 (GA04 Leg3) | de Baar Hein | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA04 leg3) | 2013-07-26 — 2013-08-13 | Mediterranean Sea | — |
| RV Pelagia PE373 (GA04 Leg2) | de Baar Hein | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA04 leg2) | 2013-07-14 — 2013-07-25 | Black Sea | — |
| RV Pelagia PE370 (GA04 Leg1) | Rijkenberg Micha | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA04 leg1) | 2013-05-15 — 2013-06-06 | Mediterranean | — |
| Sagar Kanya SK24 (GI03) | Kumar Singh, Sunil | Kumar Singh, Sunil | Section cruise (GI03) | 2013-01-30 — 2013-03-30 | Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean | — |
| RV Hakuho Maru KH12-4 (GP02) | Gamo Toshitaka | Toshitaka Gamo | Section cruise (GP02) | 2012-08-26 — 2012-10-15 | North Pacific Ocean | — |
| RV Pelagia PE358 | Rijkenberg Micha | de Baar Hein | Process Study | 2012-07-29 — 2012-08-19 | Western North Atlantic |  |
| L'Atalante PANDORA (GP12) | Eldin Gerard | Jeandel Catherine | Section cruise (GP12) | 2012-06-27 — 2012-08-04 | South Pacific, Solomon Sea | — |
| RV Sagar Sampada SS300 (GIPR03) | Bhushan Ravi | Rengarajan R. | Process Study (GIpr03) | 2012-04-26 — 2012-05-18 | Arabian Sea | — |
| RRS James Cook JC068 (GA10) | Henderson Gideon | Henderson Gideon | Section cruise (A10) | 2011-12-24 — 2012-01-27 | Atlantic-40 South | |
| RV Knorr KN204 (GA03) | Boyle Edward | Jenkins William | Section cruise (GA03) | 2011-11-06 — 2011-12-11 | North Atlantic-Cape Verde Island-Woods Hole, United States | — |
| Oceania 15/2011 (GApr02) | Beldowski Jacek | Staubwasser Michael | Process Study | 2011-11-03 — 2011-11-13 | Baltic Sea | |
| Marion Dufresne KEOPS II (GIpr01) | Blain Stephane | Jeandel Catherine | Process Study | 2011-10-08 — 2011-11-28 | Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean | — |
| RV Hakuho Maru KH11-03 (GP18) | Zhang Jing | Zhang Jing | Section cruise (GP18) | 2011-07-16 — 2011-08-04 | Western North Pacific Ocean | — |
| Tangaroa TAN1109 (GP13) | Boyd Philip | Boyd Philip | Section cruise (GP13 leg2) | 2011-06-06 — 2011-06-30 | South Pacific Ocean | |
| RV Southern Surveyor SS2011 (GP13) | Bowie Andrew | Hassler Christel | Section cruise (GP13 leg1) | 2011-05-14 — 2011-06-05 | South Pacific Ocean east Australia | |
| RRS James Cook JC057 (GA02) | Rijkenberg Micha | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA02 leg3) | 2011-03-01 — 2011-04-07 | South Atlantic | |
| RRS Discovery D361 (GA06) | Achterberg Eric | Achterberg Eric | Section cruise (GA06) | 2011-02-07 — 2011-03-19 | Atlantic: Sub-Tropical Atlantic | |
| RRS Discovery D357 (GA10) | Henderson Gideon | Henderson Gideon | Section cruise (GA10) | 2010-10-18 — 2010-11-22 | Atlantic-40 South | |
| RV Knorr KN199-4 (GA03) | Jenkins William | Boyle Edward | Section cruise (GA03) | 2010-10-15 — 2010-11-04 | North Atlantic | |
| RV Hakuho Maru KH10-02 (GP03) | Zhang Jing | Zhang Jing | Section cruise (GP03) | 2010-06-11 — 2010-07-23 | Japan Sea (including western North Pacific triangle) | — |
| RV Pelagia PE321 (GA02) | Rijkenberg Micha | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA02 leg2) | 2010-06-11 — 2010-07-08 | West Atlantic Bermuda to Fortaleza, Brazil | |
| RV Pelagia PE319 (GA02) | Gerringa Loes | de Baar Hein | Section cruise (GA02 leg1) | 2010-04-28 — 2010-05-26 | North Atlantic-Scrabster, Scotland to Bermuda | |
| FS Meteor M81_1 (GA11) | Frank Martin | Frank Martin | Section cruise (GA11) | 2010-02-04 — 2010-03-08 | Sub-Tropical Atlantic, Las Palmas, Canaries to Trinidad and Tobago | |
| RV Southern Surveyor SS01/10 (GPpr02, PINTS) | Hassler Christel | Ellwood Michael | Process Study | 2010-01-22 — 2010-02-15 | Tasman Sea | |
| RV Hakuho Maru KH09-05 (GI04) | Gamo Toshi | Gamo Toshi | Section cruise (GI04) | 2009-11-06 — 2010-01-10 | Indian Ocean | — |
| CCGS Amundsen 0903 (Beaufort Sea, GIPY14) | Francois Roger | Francois Roger | IPY section (IPY14) | 2009-08-27 — 2009-09-13 | Artic Ocean; Canada Basin | |
| Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0901 (DynaLiFe) | Jacobs Stan | de Baar Hein | IPY section (IPY7)/Process Study | 2009-01-05 — 2009-02-28 | Amundsen Sea. Pine Island Bay | |
| RV Sagar Sampada SS259 (GIPR04) | Bhushan Ravi | Bhushan Ravi | Process Study (GIpr04) | 2008-11-09 — 2008-11-30 | Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal | — |
| Tangaroa TAN0811 (FeCycle II) | Boyd Philip | Boyd Philip | Process Study | 2008-09-14 — 2008-10-06 | Subtropical waters east of New Zealand | — |
| RV Jakov Smirnitskiy ISSS-08 (GIPY13) | Semiletov Igor | Andersson Per | IPY section (IPY13) | 2008-08-15 — 2008-09-28 | Siberian coast with focus on the Laptev and east Siberian Sea | |
| RV Knorr KN193-6 (InterCal 1 leg2) | Cutter Greg | Cutter Greg | n/a | 2008-06-29 — 2008-07-12 | St. Georges, (Bermuda) to Norfolk, Virginia (US) | — |
| RV Knorr KN193-5 (InterCal 1 leg1) | Cutter Greg | Cutter Greg | n/a | 2008-06-08 — 2008-06-27 | Norfolk, Virginia (US) to St. Georges, (Bermuda) | — |
| Aurora Australis au0806 (GIPY6, SR3-GEOTRACES) | Rintoul Steve | Butler Edward | IPY section (IPY6) | 2008-03-22 — 2008-04-17 | Antarctic continent to Hobart (Australia)along the 140oE SR3 meridian | |
| Marion Dufresne MD166 (BONUS-GOODHOPE, GIPY6) | Speich Sabrina | Boye Marie | IPY section (IPY4) | 2008-02-08 — 2008-03-24 | Antarctic: Cape Town to Durban | |
| FS Polarstern ANTXXIV/3 (GIPY5, Zero and drake) | Fahrbach, E | Hein de Baar | IPY section (IPY5) | 2008-02-06 — 2008-04-16 | Southern Ocean, Cape Town to Punta Arenas | |
| RV Knorr KN192-5 (CoFeMUG) | Saito Mak | Saito Mak | Compliant data | 2007-11-16 — 2007-12-13 | South Atlantic/subtropical gyre/Benguela Upwelling Zone :Brazil to Namibia | |
| Aurora Australis au0701 (GIPY3, SIPEX) | Worby Tony | Bowie Andrew | IPY section (IPY3) | 2007-09-03 — 2007-10-17 | East Antarctica | |
| Professor Khromov KH07 (GIPY12, Sea of Okhotsk 2) | Nishioka Jun | Nishioka Jun | IPY section (IPY12) | 2007-08-05 — 2007-09-15 | Western part of the Sea of Okhotsk | |
| FS Polarstern ARKXXII/2 (GIPY11) | Schauer Ursula | Rutgers van der Loeff | IPY section (IPY11) | 2007-07-29 — 2007-10-07 | Eurasian and central Arctic Ocean. | |
| BIO Hesperides ATOS-1 (GIPY10) | Duarte Carlos | Tovar-Sanchez Antonio | IPY section (IPY10) | 2007-06-29 — 2007-07-27 | Artic: Reykiavik,Iceland to Svalbard Islands, Norway | — |
| Aurora Australis au0703 (GIPY2, SAZ-SENSE) | Griffiths Brian | Bowie Andrew | IPY section (IPY2) | 2007-01-17 — 2007-02-20 | Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal waters | — |
| RV Professor Khromov KH06 (GIPY9, Sea of Okhotsk 1) | Nishioka Jun | Nishioka Jun | IPY section (IPY9) | 2006-08-13 — 2006-09-12 | Western part of the Sea of Okhotsk | |
| Tangaroa TAN0609 (GIPY1) | Sutton Philip | Boyd Philip | IPY section (IPY1) | 2006-07-12 — 2006-08-01 | Southeast Tasman Sea | |
