Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | HMS Endurance (74ED) |
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Cruise identifier | End_723 |
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Cruise period | 1972-12-13 — 1973-03-15 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
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Port of return | Ushuaia, Argentina |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 3,400 nmi of gravity and magnetics data were collected over the Falkland Islands Shelf and Burdwood Bank. Magnetic profiles were acquired on passages to South Georgia and across the Drake Passage |
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Chief scientist | P Simpson (University of Birmingham Department of Geology with Geophysics) |
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Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise-Scotia Sea |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | South Atlantic Ocean |
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Specific | Southern Ocean |
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Track charts | (0.06 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Seismic refraction | Description: Seismic profiling and refraction took place during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Gravity measurements | Description: A number of gravity and magnetometer measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Magnetic measurements | Description: A number of gravity and magnetometer measurements were made throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |