FS Polarstern PS116
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
| Cruise identifier | PS116 |
| Cruise period | 2018-11-10 — 2018-12-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Las Palmas, Spain |
| Purpose | Passage |
| Objectives | First leg of passage from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Cape Town before performing expeditions in the Antarctic. The Transit will be used for en route measurements of meteorological and oceanographic data and tests and calibrations of onboard sensors. During the transit from Bremerhaven to Las Palmas a student course will be carried out, to learn hydroacoustic measurement methods (multibeam / parasound). The measurements will not provide any valid scientific data. |
| 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 Sea Celtic Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
