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Vickers Voyager

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameVickers Voyager
Cruise period1973-06-19 — 1973-07-04
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesStudy of the solid geol.of Rockall Bank; for add.inf.,see IOS cruise rep.,No.1,1973
Chief scientistDavid G Roberts (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Cruise reportVickers Voyager  cruise report vickers_voyager_jun73.pdf (0.63 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
Track chartsVickers Voyager  cruise track — vickers_voyager_jun73track.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
DredgeQuantity: number of deployments = 17
Bottom photographyQuantity: 14
In-situ seafloor measurement/samplingQuantity: 4
Description: drilling
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: activity duration in days = 1
Gravity measurementsQuantity: activity duration in days = 7
Description: From the western coast of England to Rockall