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RRS Challenger CH10A/75

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH10A/75
Cruise period1975-07-04 — 1975-07-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureDunstaffnage, United Kingdom
Port of returnArdrossan, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe objectives of this cruise were:
(1) Deploying a current meter mooring at 57N, 9W. Accomplished, but status not checked at the end of the cruise due to time lost through Challenger assisting a trawler in distress.
(2) Work the Rockall via Anton Dohrn Seamount (Ellett Line) and Rockall-Malin Head hydrographic sections. Accomplished.
(3) Net tows to collect crab larvae for Liverpool University Port Erin Laboratory. Tows successfully undertaken but crab larvae were not found.
(4) Collection of shelf sediment Shipek Grab samples for Aberystwyth University. Accomplished.
(5) Collection of large-volume water samples for radio-caesium measurements. Accomplished
(6) Near real-time supply of temperature profiles to the Met Office. Accomplished.
Chief scientistDavid J Ellett (Scottish Marine Biological Association)
Cruise reportRRS Challenger CH10A/75 cruise report ch10a_75.pdf (0.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificRockall Bank, Malin Shelf
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 29
Chemical oceanography 
RadioactivityQuantity: number of samples = 10
Description: Large-volume samples for radio-caesium determination.
Biology and fisheries 
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 23
Description: Oblique and vertical 50cm plankton net tows
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of deployments = 7
Description: Shipek grab samples
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters57° 0' 0" N  9° 0' 0" W — Current meter mooring deployed
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
29  CTD/STD cast
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
892801975-07-05 22:35 57° 21' 23" N  10° 38' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89280
893471975-07-06 10:00 57° 30' 41" N  11° 52' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89347
893591975-07-06 12:27 57° 30' 0" N  12° 15' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89359
894521975-07-07 08:20 57° 6' 0" N  12° 55' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89452
894761975-07-07 15:30 56° 46' 59" N  12° 2' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89476
895071975-07-08 00:43 56° 22' 30" N  11° 3' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89507
892181975-07-05 02:23 57° 0' 0" N  9° 0' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89218
892431975-07-05 05:00 57° 6' 17" N  9° 25' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89243
892551975-07-05 14:00 57° 9' 59" N  9° 40' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89255
893111975-07-06 03:27 57° 27' 0" N  11° 4' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89311
893231975-07-06 04:50 57° 27' 59" N  11° 18' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89323
893841975-07-06 20:15 57° 33' 23" N  13° 0' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89384
894151975-07-07 02:10 57° 22' 11" N  13° 42' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89415
894391975-07-07 05:35 57° 13' 11" N  13° 16' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89439
894641975-07-07 12:22 56° 58' 35" N  12° 30' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89464
893351975-07-06 07:13 57° 31' 35" N  11° 26' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89335
893601975-07-06 15:40 57° 31' 23" N  12° 33' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89360
893721975-07-06 17:55 57° 32' 23" N  12° 46' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89372
894031975-07-07 00:10 57° 34' 59" N  13° 37' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89403
894401975-07-07 06:35 57° 10' 35" N  13° 9' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89440
892061975-07-05 00:51 56° 57' 0" N  8° 46' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89206
892311975-07-05 03:45 57° 2' 53" N  9° 12' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89231
893961975-07-06 22:43 57° 34' 30" N  13° 15' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89396
894881975-07-07 20:42 56° 36' 23" N  11° 30' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89488
895191975-07-08 05:20 56° 13' 23" N  10° 32' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89519
892791975-07-05 20:15 57° 18' 17" N  10° 23' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89279
892921975-07-06 00:28 57° 23' 59" N  10° 51' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89292
894271975-07-07 03:30 57° 18' 41" N  13° 32' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89427
892671975-07-05 16:40 57° 13' 30" N  9° 58' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 89267