JR294 ship tracks - 2014
Description
RRS James Clark Ross daily cruise tracks between 26-02-2014 and 08-03-2014 .
The cruise ship departed Puentas Arenas, Chile on 26th February 2014 and ended in Rothera on 8th March 2014.
This was the research cruise of ISTAR . The goal was to investigate the ocean processes that are thought to enhance melting of the Pine Island Glacier in the Amundsen Sea. The cruise included two NERC-funded ISTAR projects. The first is ISTAR A, or Ocean2ice, supporting a consortium led by UEA.
This project addresses processes at the continental shelf break and on the continental shelf that affect the heat delivered to the ice shelf front, together with the subsequent fate of the ice shelf meltwater. The second is ISTAR B, led by BAS, which is cruise JR295. This project addresses the processes that affect the warm water once it has entered the ice shelf cavity.
References
2. iSTAR - Data from research cruise analysed
Field photo
RRS James Clark Ross, the UK's main ice-strengthed research vessell and major science cruise ship for iSTAR. BAS image collection, 2014