At any one time scientists and technicians from the UK marine community can be at sea on numerous vessels. This page provides information on the current research expeditions being undertaken by our two Royal Research Ships Discovery and James Cook. Here you can discover where our ships are and what they are aiming to achieve.
Updates from the ships’ Plans of Intended Movement (PIM)
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RRS Discovery DTG: 131224 0727T Zone: UTC -5 Exped: DY186 RAPID West Subj: PIM
Pos: 26 24N 076 48W Co: Stopped Spd: Stopped WX: NNE F6. Overcast and clear. Mod/Rough seas and low swell. Status: Deploy WB2 mooring, followed by WB2 lander. Intentions: CTD & Lander data download overnight. |
RRS James Cook DTG: 131224 0700 Zone: UTC-1 Exped: JC272 Subj: PIM
Posn: 01 34.5S 025 00W Co: 180T Spd: 10 Kts WX: SE x F2-3, fine and clear, calm sea and low swell. Status: AMT underway transect. Intentions: Continue with AMT transect. 1 x float to deploy this afternoon.
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Intentions: Conduct CTD’s, Nets, Snow catcher, Turbalance profiling, cameras, and underway sampling.