NorthGreen2017 – a marine research expedition to NE Greenland onboard ‘R/V Dana, September 11 - October 1, 2017
NorthGreen2017 – a marine research expedition to NE Greenland onboard ‘R/V Dana, September 11 - October 1, 2017
06.03.2018
Introduction and Aim
From September 11 – October 1, 2017, the research vessel ‘Dana’ (Hirtshals, Denmark) served as a platform for a 5576 km long Danish-Greenlandic-Canadian-Italian-Norwegian multi-disciplinary research expedition off Northeast Greenland. The expedition combined research in oceanography/hydrography, bioscience and geoscience. In total, 20 scientists and students from the participating countries partook in the cruise, in addition to 18 crew members. The cruise was funded by the Danish Centre for Marine Research, with co-funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.