Ross Sea RV Tangaroa voyage 2023

The 2023 RV Tangaroa Antarctic voyage is focused on understanding oceanographic and atmospheric processes and the pelagic and benthic ecology of the Ross Sea region. The main science objectives are aligned with the Antarctic Science Platform (ASP) Projects 2 and 3 and RossRamp and follow on from voyages in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Methodology:

1. Instrumented moorings

2. Underway observations

3. CTD operations and rosette water sampling

4. Coastal to shelf seafloor ecology and fluid systems

5. Net and optical study of mesopelagic fish and zooplankton

6. Deployment of drifters and buoys

7. Atmospheric observations and aerosol sampling

8. Media and outreach