Surface seawater concentration data collected from the West Antarctic Peninsula during the Icebergs 3 JR19002 cruise in January 2020 ...

• Main Authors: Jones, Rhiannon L., Annett, Amber L., Sherrell, Robert, Flanagan, Oliver, Woodward, Malcolm, Meredith, Michael, Scourse, James D., Lohan, Maeve
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2025
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","BIOSPHERE","ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS","ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS","BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIERS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","OCEAN CHEMISTRY","BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES"; "EARTH SCIENCE","OCEANS","OCEAN CHEMISTRY","ORGANIC CARBON"; glacier retreat; iron cycling; meltwater; nutrients; oxygen isotopes; polar biogeochemistry; radium; surface ocean biogeochemistry; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers; Anvers Island; King George Island; Marian; Marian Cove; Maxwell Bay; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/deaec6fa-9654-426d-ba67-756776b25cd7; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01979

During the JR19002 Icebergs 3 cruise, samples from the surface seawater were collected from Zodiacs. Samples were collected with the motivation of determining the impact of retreating glaciers upon the surface ocean, such as the hydrography and biogeochemical composition of the surface ocean. Three...