Akademik Sergey Vavilov 40
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Akademik Sergey Vavilov (RUSG) |
| Cruise identifier | 40 |
| Cruise period | 2014-10-29 — 2015-03-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Port of return | Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The main goal of the cruise is to provide high-frequency long-term monitoring of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the upper 1000 m layer in Drake Passage and in the Scotia Sea to understand its variable structure and influence of the large-scale bottom topography as well as water transport variations attributed to the atmospheric wind field. |
| Chief scientist | Alex V Sokov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology) |
| Project | Climate Variability and Predictability |
| NPRC |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) Southern Ocean |
| Specific | Drake Passage, Scotia Sea. |
