MV Whitethorn 2/83 Leg 5
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Whitethorn (74WT) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/83 Leg 5 |
| Cruise period | 1983-06-08 — 1983-06-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Blyth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The leg was divided into two parts: the period from 9-13 June was taken up recovering the Huntec boomer fish lost by the Marine Geophysics Unit in the Swallow Hole area: the remainder of the leg, 13-22 June, was spent sampling on the Dogger Sheet. 35 vibrocore, 56 sediment core and 113 shipek grab sites were occupied during the second half of the leg. |
| Chief scientist | C D R Evans (Institute of Geological Sciences, Edinburgh) |
| Cruise report |  (3.60 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Swallow Hole, Dogger Bank |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 722 |
| Core - rock | Quantity: 480 |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 480 |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: 47 Description: sampling by divers |
