CAGE 19-3 cruise with RV “Kronprins Haakon” to the Atlantic-Arctic gateway region is organized and funded through the Tromsø Forskningsstiftelse (TFS) and Research Council of Norway (RCN) supported SEAMSTRESS project and the Center of Excellence "CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate" at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. SEAMSTRESS focuses on studies of the effect of tectonic stress on methane release at Arctic continental margins while CAGE studies the amount of methane hydrate and magnitude of methane release in Arctic Ocean environments on time scales from the Neogene to the present. CAGE 19-3 cruise is directed to the Atlantic-Arctic gateway region to provide necessary field data for these objectives. From previous cruises, we have identified key localities which will be main targets for this cruise.
The cruise may be known as: CAGE19_3