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FS Polarstern PS132

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Polarstern (06AQ)
Cruise identifierPS132
Cruise period2022-08-30 — 2022-09-29
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBremerhaven, Germany
Port of returnCape Town, South Africa
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe transit cruise PS132 from Bremerhaven to Cape Town - called NoSoAT (North-South-Atlantic-Transect) - was used for chemical and physical measurements of the energy and mass exchange between ocean and atmosphere. In the process, an international group of 14 students was trained in the knowledge and techniques of oceanography.
Chief scientistKaren H Wiltshire (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Sylt)
Cruise reportFS Polarstern PS132 cruise report polarstern_ps132.pdf (40 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
North Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
South East Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W)
SpecificTransit - Bremerhaven to Cape Town
Track chartsFS Polarstern PS132 cruise track — polarstern_ps132trk.pdf (0.34 MB)