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Cruise Reports

Vol. 10 (2022)

CAGE22-2 Scientific Cruise Report: AKMA 2/Ocean Senses

  • Giuliana Panieri
  • Stefan Bünz
  • Alessandra Savini
  • Andre Jensen
  • Bjørn Løfquist
  • Bjørn Runar Olsen
  • Ciara Willis
  • Claudio Argentino
  • Clément Bertin
  • Davide Oddone
  • Dimitri Kalenitchenko
  • Erling Rosnes
  • Fanny Cusset
  • Filip Maric
  • Fulvio Franchi
  • Jan Pawlowski
  • Jane Zimmermann
  • Jessica Eve Todd
  • Jørn Patrick Meyer
  • Kate Alyse Waghorn
  • Lisa Katrin Losleben
  • Margherita Paola Poto
  • Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
  • Matthew Alexander Stiller-Reeve
  • Monica Clerici
  • Pierre-Antoine Dessandier
  • Raphael Moncelon
  • Sofia Ramalho
  • Solmaz Mohadjer
  • Stig Vågenes
  • Vibeke Aune
  • Vibeke Os
  • Victor Poddevin
  • Villads Dyrved Holm
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7557/cage.6755
Submitted
1 November 2022
Published
18-11-2022

Abstract

AKMA-OceanSenses Research Expedition (11-23 May 2022) aboard the research vessel Kronprins Håkon to the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean is focused on both science and education. This expedition has received endorsement from the UN Ocean Decade.

The cruise may be known as: CAGE22_2

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