FS Polarstern ANTXXX/1 (PS88A)
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
| Cruise identifier | ANTXXX/1 (PS88A) |
| Cruise period | 2014-10-24 — 2014-11-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Las Palmas, Spain |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | First Part of the transit from Germany to Cape Town for subsequent Antarctic expeditions 2014/15. The first part will start in Bremerhaven, via Le Havre (France) to Las Palmas (Canary Islands). The transect will be used for en route measurements, a training programme for students and to calibrate hydro-acoustic sensors. |
| Chief scientist | Rainer Knust (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) |
| NPRC |  (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts | (0.17 MB) |
