MV Dawn Sky DSK1/88
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MV Dawn Sky (74GS) |
| Cruise identifier | DSK1/88 |
| Cruise period | 1988-03-02 — 1988-03-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To collect surface seawater samples at all stations on the proposed track and at selected stations to collect midwater and near bottom samples for radiocaesium analysis. |
| Chief scientist | A K Steele (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Irish Sea, West and North of Scotland |
| Track charts | (0.06 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 145 Description: water samples taken for caesium analysis |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 145 Description: water samples taken for caesium analysis |
