POSEIDON POS520
- Area:
- Cape Verde Islands
- Time:
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14.02.2018 - 01.03.2018
- Institution:
- GEOMAR
- Chief scientist:
- Henk-Jan T. Hoving
Cruise POOS520 with the German research vessel Poseidon, investigates the pelagic deep sea, the water column below 200 m, off the archipelago of Cape Verde. It provides an ideal location for deep water work since the waters around the volcanic islands have steep drop offs where deep sea is reached not far from the island. The high island mountains provide shelter and relatively calm conditions for instrument deployments. We use a combination of in situ observations (with submersible JAGO and the towed camera system PELAGIOS) and net tows.
