RRS Shackleton Shack_73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RRS Shackleton (74SF) |
| Cruise identifier | Shack_73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-11-13 — 1974-03-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Port of return | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The main aims of the cruise were DSDP sire surveys, a Falkland Island survey, Weddell Sea reconnaissance and to continue regional geophysical investigations in the Scotia Sea. An extremely full programme of gravity, magnetic and seismic studies was carried out over a wide area. |
| Chief scientist | Peter F Barker (University of Birmingham Department of Geology with Geophysics) |
| Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise-Scotia Sea |
| Coordinating body | British Antarctic Survey (BAS) |
| Cruise report |  (0.28 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Southern Ocean |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Geophysical measurements made at depth | |
| Seismic refraction | |
| Gravity measurements | |
| Magnetic measurements |
