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RRS Ernest Shackleton ES033b

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Ernest Shackleton (74EE)
Cruise identifierES033b
Cruise period2009-03-13 — 2009-03-26
StatusCompleted
Port of departureStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Port of returnStanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesES033 undertook physical oceanographic activities in the northern Weddell Sea (near the South Orkney Islands, and in the southern Weddell Sea, in the general area of Brunt Ice Shelf. Four projects were served by the cruise:

1. Long Term Monitoring and Survey (LTMS) component (British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen (BCCR))
2. SASSI-UK project (University of East Anglia (UEA), BAS and the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS))
3. ACES-FOCAS BAS core project (BAS and University of California, Santa Cruz)
4. IPY project Bi-Polar Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (BIAC). (University of Bergen)
Chief scientistKeith Nicholls (British Antarctic Survey)
ProjectSASSI-UK
Coordinating bodyUniversity of East Anglia (UEA), Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS)
Cruise reportRRS Ernest Shackleton ES033b cruise report ernest_shackleton033.pdf (2.66 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouthern Ocean
SpecificSouthern Weddell Sea
Track chartsRRS Ernest Shackleton ES033b cruise track — ernest_shackleton033trk.pdf (0.17 MB) 
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
9  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
17777702009-03-18 00:18:01 67° 56' 54" S  70° 28' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777770
17778372009-03-18 09:10:46 67° 42' 10" S  69° 46' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777837
17777692009-03-17 22:40:51 68° 0' 9" S  70° 37' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777769
17778252009-03-18 08:07:22 67° 43' 21" S  69° 50' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777825
17778012009-03-18 05:05:53 67° 48' 46" S  70° 5' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777801
17777822009-03-18 01:55:07 67° 54' 4" S  70° 20' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777782
17777942009-03-18 03:27:27 67° 51' 33" S  70° 13' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777794
17777572009-03-17 21:32:53 68° 2' 43" S  70° 45' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777757
17778132009-03-18 06:23:12 67° 46' 1" S  69° 57' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1777813