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FS Polarstern ANT XIII/4
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
Cruise identifier | ANT XIII/4 |
Cruise period | 1996-03-17 — 1996-05-20 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Cape Town, South Africa |
Port of return | Punta Arenas, Chile |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | The first part of the cruise consisted of multidisciplinary work with a focus on physical oceanography in the Weddelll Sea, during the second part logistic tasks were carried out at King george island and a benthological programme was performed in the Drake Passage. |
Project | WOCE |
Cruise report | (5.57 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
Specific | Weddell Sea Drake Passage |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Potassium layer samples and temperature measurements were gathered throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
Carbon dioxide | Description: A number of carbon dioxide samples were collected throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Trace elements | Description: Potassium layer samples and temperature measurements were gathered throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Chlorophyll a samples were gathered throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Sediment traps | Description: A number of sediment traps were deployed throughout the cruise. No. of traps deployed not noted. |