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Akademik Ioffe 47

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Akademik Ioffe (RUAI)
Cruise identifier47
Cruise period2015-06-08 — 2015-07-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGdansk, Poland
Port of returnIqaluit, Canada
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe cruise is part of the CLIVAR International Program. Specific objectives are: to provide a description of thermohaline ocean structure; to monitor the spatiotemporal changes of transatlantic meridional water and heat transport, to investigate and evaluate the exchange in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Chief scientistAlex V Sokov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology)
ProjectClimate Variability and Predictability
NPRCAkademik Ioffe 47 NPRC akademikioffe_47.pdf (0.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Atlantic Ocean
SpecificTwo hydrographic sections between Shetland Islands and Iceland from 60.417 N, 01.917 W to 64.407 N, 14.047 W Hydrographic section from 59.5 N 04.6 W to 59.95 N, 43.00 W
Track chartsAkademik Ioffe 47 cruise track — akademikioffe_47trk.pdf (2.22 MB)