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Akademik Tryoshnikov ACE Leg3 (GSc01)

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Akademik Tryoshnikov (RUB3)
Cruise identifierACE Leg3 (GSc01)
Cruise period2017-02-26 — 2017-03-19
StatusCompleted
Port of departurePunta Arenas, Chile
Port of returnCape Town, South Africa
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesAntarctic 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.
Chief scientistDavid Walton (British Antarctic Survey), Tim M Conway (University of South Florida College of Marine Science)
ProjectGEOTRACES -Trace elements and their isotopes in the water column
Coordinating bodySwiss Polar Institute (SPI)
Cruise reportAkademik Tryoshnikov ACE Leg3 (GSc01) cruise report akademiktryoshnikov_ace.pdf (36.49 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralSouth Atlantic Ocean
SpecificSouth Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Bouvet Island
Data held at BODC 
Discrete samples 
14  CTD frame plus rosette sampler
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