G. O. Sars, "The MAR-ECO expedition"

The main MAR-ECO cruise
5 June - 5 August 2004

Time Schedule
Departure: Bergen, 5 June (leg 1)
Change of crew: Horta, 3 July
Departure: Horta, 4 July (leg 2)
Call: Aberdeen, 3 August
End: Bergen, 4 August

Be a virtual explorer!

We are off to meet unknown challenges and to discover new things in the northern mid-Atlantic. From 5 June - 4 August scientists will explore environments that are physically inaccessible - using advanced technology aboard the research vessel G.O. Sars.

You can "come with them" too and see, for example, images of the kinds of creatures that live in the deep ocean waters. In their cruise journal you can follow the expedition from day to day! 

Follow the cruise:

• Read more about the cruise and the participants by following the menu to the left

• Be a virtual participant by following the cruise journals in the calender to the right

• See:
  RV G.O.Sars' cruise track  - where did they explore?
  The cruise journal in images
  Amazing images in the photo albums 
  Videos from the cruise
• The results of the expedition. What did they find?
  Selected highlights: ~ Hydroacoustic recording  ~ Mesoscale ring structures  ~ New squid species ~ Fish fauna  ~ Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone  ~ Bottom fauna ~ Gelatinous zooplankton