FS Alkor AL290
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Alkor (06A6) |
| Cruise identifier | AL290 |
| Cruise period | 2006-10-10 — 2006-11-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kiel, Germany |
| Port of return | Kiel, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise and the scientific work is part of the collaborative project COMET (Controls on Methane Fluxes and their Climatic Relevance in Marine Gas Hydrate-bearing Environments) sponsored the German Ministry of Education and Research and lead by IFM-GEOMAR. |
| Chief scientist | Olaf Pfannkuche (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel (East Shore Campus)) |
| Project | COMET |
| Coordinating body | German Ministry of Education and Research |
| NPRC |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea: Northern-limit 58 20'N, Eastern-limit UK/Norway, Western-limit: 01 00'E |
