Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 7/74 |
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Cruise period | 1974-08-06 — 1974-08-28 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | Harry D Dooley (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Faroe-Sheltand Channel, Orkney area |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 168 |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 15 Description: Current meters |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Quantity: 3 |
Phosphate | Quantity: 36 |
Nitrate | Quantity: 45 |
Silicate | Quantity: 36 |