FRV Explorer 1/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-01-06 — 1970-01-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) A hydrographic and bathymetric survey in the region north and north-east of Shetland
2) The tracking of parachute drogues, north-east of Shetland 3) Faroe - Sheltand hydorgraphic section |
| Chief scientist | J H Anthony Martin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Sheland, Faroe, Faroe Shelf, Nolso, Flugga |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 10 |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 13 |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Parachute drogues One at the surface and the other at 50 metres were tracked for 13 hours 10 miles east of Flugga |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: 13 |
| Total - P | Quantity: 12 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 12 Description: The autoanalyser was run continulously to sample the surface layers for nitrate |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Description: Surface temperatures, Salinity, |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 61° 42' 0" N 4° 50' 59" W — Nolso-Flugga traverse at station 4 |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | 62° 9' 59" N 2° 0' 0" W — Echo sounding and STD instrumental survey of the area, off the continental shelf |
