RV Melville MV1102
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Melville (318M) |
| Cruise identifier | MV1102 |
| Cruise period | 2011-02-20 — 2011-03-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Port of return | Valparaiso, Chile |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Routine oollection of geological, oceanographic and meteorological data by research vessel Melville on transit cruise. Underway data, pelagic and plankton studies, marine mammal survey and an optical survey. |
| Chief scientist | Bruce Appelgate (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
| NPRC |  (0.42 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
