Deployment: FK141215

Deployment: 
FK141215
Chief Scientist: 
Douglas Bartlett (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)
Platform:
 R/V Falkor
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2014-12-15
End Date: 
2014-12-21
Location: 
Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench
Deployment Report URL: 
http://dmoserv3.whoi.edu/data_docs/Mariana_Perspectives/Bartlett-final-FK141215-...
Description

During this cruise the Leggo lander was deployed multiple times and drops 1 and 3 recovered seawater samples that were analyzed. Additional details can be found at: https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/expanding-mariana-trench-perspectives/ and https://scripps.ucsd.edu/labs/dbartlett/contact/challenger-deep-cruise-2014/.

More information is available in the post-cruise and final expedition reports (PDF).

Original cruise data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog