Akademik Tryoshnikov ACE Leg3 (GSc01)
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Akademik Tryoshnikov (RUB3) |
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Cruise identifier | ACE Leg3 (GSc01) |
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Cruise period | 2017-02-26 — 2017-03-19 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Punta Arenas, Chile |
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Port of return | Cape Town, South Africa |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), Leg 3. 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. |
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Chief scientist | David Walton (British Antarctic Survey), Tim M Conway (University of South Florida College of Marine Science) |
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Project | GEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column |
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Coordinating body | Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) |
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Cruise report | (36.49 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Bouvet Island |
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Data held at BODC | |
Discrete samples | |
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14 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | |
4 | |