FRV Explorer 7/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-08-06 — 1974-08-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To lay 6 current meter moorings in positions to the west and east of Orkney and to recover at the end of the cruise
2) To work a hydrographic section towards Faroe. This section maybe repeated if unsettled weather conditions are encountered 3) To recover the 2 current meter moorings which were deployed by ''Scotia'' in May, from the Faroe-Sheltand Channel 4) To carry out hydrographic and parachute drogue surveys in the vicinity of Orkeny 5) To work hydrography/chemistry sections normal to the 50 fathom contour between Orkney and Norway. In accordance with JONSIS reccommendations a section along 59 degrees 20 minutes North will be worked before the ship returns to the Orkeny area ''Explorer'' called at Lerwick on the 19/08/1974 . Poor weather prospects meant that 6 moorings were collected slightly earlier than planned. |
| Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Faroe-Sheltand Channel, Orkney area |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 168 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 15 Description: Current meters |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: 3 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 36 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 45 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 36 |
