The Expedition ANT-XXIII/9
Weekly Reports
- February 12, 2007: Drake Passage
- February 19, 2007: Searching for MABEL and visiting Neumayer
- February 23, 2007: Heading East!
- March 2, 2007: IPY starts on Polarstern
- March 9, 2007: LOBSTER Week
- March 16, 2007: From the Memory of the Sea
- March 23, 2007: Of Diopside and Ship's Routine
- March 30, 2007: Island Visits and Excavation Hours
- April 8, 2007: Between Table Icebergs and Table Mountain lies the IPY-Seamount
Expedition Summary
The expedition ANT-XXIII/9 has a geoscientific topic. Polarstern cruises along the Antarctic coast eastward to an area, never investigated before. The programme concentrates on marine geological sampling for the glacial-marine reconstruction of the Quaternary environmental history and a geophysical segment with the geodynamic development of the continental margin between Prydz Bay and Kerguelen Plateau. In addition, field groups will concentrate on climate and environmental reconstructions in ice-free areas in the vicinity of Prydz Bay, also investigating the Antarctic permafrost and its living forms. A map is also being made along the cruise track of the chemistry of the surface waters as part of an international programme (GEOTRACES).
Cruise itinerary
- February 2, 2007 Departure Punta Arenas, Chile
- February 12, 2007 Supply of Neumayer Station
- February 22, 2007 Prydz Bay
- March 1, 2007 Marine geophysics and geology between Antarctica and Kerguelen Plateau
- April 11, 2007 Arrival Cape Town