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RRS James Cook JC080

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS James Cook (740H)
Cruise identifierJC080
Cruise period2012-12-02 — 2013-01-05
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePunta Arenas, Chile
Port of returnMontevideo, Uruguay
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesJC080 was to sample the vents sites at E2 and E9 on the East Scotia Ridge, and the Kemp and Adventure craters at the southern end of the South Sandwich Islands. The sampling programme at E2 was very successful completing all the objectives assigned to that site. We found evidence of an additional vent site at E2 north. It was not possible to access the southern sites at E9 and the Kemp crater because the sites were covered in ice as a result of the very hard austral winter, although we were optimistic this would be possible before the end of the cruise. As we were about to complete the study at E2 a crew member became ill and had to be evacuated. The ship set sail to Montevideo, considered the most convenient port, which effectively ended the JC80 science programme.
Chief scientistPaul A Tyler (University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science)
ProjectChEsSo
Coordinating bodyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Cruise reportRRS James Cook JC080 cruise report jc080.pdf (3.68 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouth West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W)
SpecificSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Track chartsRRS James Cook JC080 cruise track — jc080trk.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of track lines = 1
Description: JC80_012 SAPS
CTD stationsQuantity: number of profiles = 117
Description: Tow-Yo CTDs at Stns JC80_005, 007, 016, 022, 025
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 9
Description: CTD vertical Stn JC80_001, 002, 003, 009, 012, 015, 018 to 020, (Sal. Temp, oxygen, Transp, Eh, LSS)
Chemical oceanography 
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 2
Description: JC80_010_Isis190 Chemical sampling
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 5
Description: JC80_010_Isis190 Chemical sampling
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 1
Description: JC80_017_Isis194 Chemical sampling
Other chemical oceanographic measurementsQuantity: number of samples = 2
Description: JC80_008_Isis189 Chemical sampling
Biology and fisheries 
Pelagic bacteria/micro-organismsQuantity: number of samples = 376
Description: CTD vertical Stn JC80_001, 002, 003, 009, 012, 015, 018 to 020, Microbiology
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of image series = 1
Description: JC80_017_Isis194 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of image series = 1
Description: JC80_008_Isis189 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of surveys = 1
Description: JC80_014_Isis193 Biological survey
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of samples = 221
Description: JC80_010_Isis190 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of specimens = 1
Description: JC80_004_Isis187 Biological sample
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of surveys = 1
Description: JC80_004_Isis187 Site survey
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of samples = 14
Description: JC80_014_Isis193 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of samples = 38
Description: JC80_017_Isis194 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of samples = 1092
Description: JC80_008_Isis189 Biological sampling
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of image series = 1
Description: JC80_010_Isis190 Biological sampling
Geology and geophysics 
Multi-beam echosoundingQuantity: number of surveys = 1
Description: Ship swath JC80_21 and 24
Multi-beam echosoundingQuantity: survey square kilometres = .57599999999999996
Description: JC80_006_Isis188 ROV Swath
Multi-beam echosoundingQuantity: survey square kilometres = .072599999999999998
Description: JC80_011_Isis191 ROV Swath