FS Polarstern PS123
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Polarstern (06AQ) |
| Cruise identifier | PS123 |
| Cruise period | 2020-12-12 — 2021-01-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Purpose | Passage |
| Objectives | Transfer of vessel from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Cape Town, South Africa, before performing expeditions in the Antarctic. The transit will be used for en route measurements of meteorological, oceanographic and bathymetric data, and tests and calibrations of onboard sensors and scientific measuring equipment. |
| Chief scientist | Soren Kragefsky (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) |
| NPRC |  (0.66 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) South East Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) |
