FS Polarstern PS105
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
| Cruise identifier | PS105 |
| Cruise period | 2017-03-21 — 2017-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Punta Arenas, Chile |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Passage |
| Objectives | Transit from Chile to Germany after Antarctic expeditions 2016/17. The cruise will start in Punta Arenas (Chile), via Las Palmas (Canary Islands) to Bremerhaven (Germany). 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 |  (0.33 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Atlantic Ocean North Sea South Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | South Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Bay of Biscay, English Channel, North Sea, German Bight |
