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The Hakuho-maru cruise KH-10-02 took place in the western North Pacific and the Sea of Japan from 11 June to 23 July 2010, aiming to contribute to the international GEOTRACES project by implementing interdisciplinary studies on marine biogeochemistry and clarifying environmental change in this region.

Participating in the cruise were a total of 53 staff from 22 universities/institutions, with 18 foreign scientists (including students) from Korean, Russian, China and Vietnam.

The chief scientists was Professor Jing ZHANG (Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Science, University of Toyama)

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Pandora is due to sail in July 2012 - For further information please contact Catherine Jeandel.

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The joint Australia-New Zealand GP13 cruise was successfully completed in june 2011. This cruise undertook a 61 station (38 by Australia and 23 by New Zealand) transect along ~30^oS east of Australia out into the South Pacific and terminating at 32.5^oS 150^oW (i.e., South of Tahiti). The sampling included three crossover inter-calibration stations (at 172, 171 and 170^oW) that were sampled on both legs. Aerosol samples were also taken on both legs with 14 samples along the transect. Please see Voyage Summary for more information on leg 1.

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Details of the two US GEOTRACES sections can be found in the US Pacific Implementation Workshop report from October 2008.

Details of the two US GEOTRACES sections can be found in the US Pacific Implementation Workshop report from October 2008.

Tasman Boundary Conditions Voyage TAN0609 was a NIWA (New Zealand) lead cruise focusing on the Tasman Sea. More information can be found from the cruise report.

SAZ-SENSE is a study of the sensitivity of Sub-Antarctic Zone waters to global change. A 32-day oceanographic voyage onboard Australia’s ice-breaker Aurora Australis was undertaken in mid-summer (Jan 17 - Feb. 20) 2007 to examine biogeochemical processes in SAZ waters west and east of Tasmania, and also in the Polar Frontal Zone south of the SAZ. The strategy is to compare low productivity waters west of Tasmania (areas with little phytoplankton) with higher productivity waters to the east, with a focus on the role of iron as a limiting micro-nutrient.  This cruise was part of the GEOTRACES IPY programme. See metadata form for more information.

Australian-led voyage aboard Aurora Australis, organised by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, followed the 'SR3' transect along approximately 140°E, between Tasmania and the coast of Antarctica. This transect has been well characterised oceanographically in the past two decades. The results of this work will yield the first synoptic, circumpolar measurements of micronutrient trace elements in the Southern Ocean. Dissolved iron data along the SR3 transect represent an order of magnitude improvement in sampling resolution and show widespread iron limitation in upper ocean waters along the transect. See Voyage Report.