Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 042, April 2020 ...

The 2020 Marion Relief Voyage 042 on SA Agulhas II offered the 8th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based oceanographic research on board the SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Due to the world wide Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent meas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcel van den Berg
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 2020
Subjects:
marion island relief voyage
southern ocean
prince edward islands monitoring
marion island
prince edward island
physical oceanography
pei
global oceans observing system
goos
southern ocean observing system
soos
convention for the conservation of antarctic marine living resources
ccamlr
agreement on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels
acap
marine protected area
mpa
SA Agulhas II
voyage 042
AGU042
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Marion Island
Prince Edward Islands
Prince Edward Island
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.15493/dea.mims.26052160
https://api.odp.saeon.ac.za/catalog/SAEON/go/10.15493/dea.mims.26052160
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Summary:The 2020 Marion Relief Voyage 042 on SA Agulhas II offered the 8th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based oceanographic research on board the SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the sub Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Due to the world wide Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent measures implemented by the South African government to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in South Africa, the main research objectives (land-based and ship-based) normally associated with the Marion Relief voyage (as submitted through SANAP3 applications) were cancelled. This cruise was comprised mainly of underway sampling. ...

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