Akademik Tryoshnikov ACE Leg 3

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Akademik Tryoshnikov (RUB3)
Cruise identifier	ACE Leg 3
Cruise period	2017-02-25 — 2017-03-19
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Punta Arenas, Chile
Port of return	Cape Town, South Africa
Purpose	Research
Objectives	ACE was the first project carried out by the newly created Swiss Polar Institute (SPI). From December 2016 to March 2017, scientific teams from all over the world took part in a groundbreaking expedition aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Treshnikov. From biology to climatology to oceanography, the researchers worked in a number of interrelated fields as they sought to expand understanding of the White Continent.
Chief scientist	David Walton (British Antarctic Survey)
Project	Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)
Coordinating body	Swiss Polar Institute (SPI)
Ocean/sea areas
General	South Atlantic Ocean
Data held at BODC
Discrete samples
14 CTD frame plus rosette sampler