HMS Endurance End_767
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | HMS Endurance (74ED) |
| Cruise identifier | End_767 |
| Cruise period | 1976-12-10 — 1977-01-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Port of return | Stanley, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruise is concerned with a geophysical and geochemical study of the Earth's crust in the Scotia Sea region. The work undertaken this season involved two separate projects:
1) Recovery of an automatic seismograph established on South Thule island in January 1976. 2) Magnetometer survey during passages within the Scotia Sea including 2 grid surveys in the Central and East Scotia Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Ian A Hill (University of Birmingham Department of Geological Sciences) |
| Project | Marine Geophysics Cruise-Scotia Sea |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | South Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Southern Ocean |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding surveys took place during the cruise. No. of surveys not noted. |
| Magnetic measurements | Description: The Varian Magnetometer was deployed throughout the cruise and a number of measurements collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
