Cruise Report for NBP 95-07
Introduction
During the fall semester of 1995, I participated in a scientific research cruise onboard the National Science Foundation's Research Vessel / Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Lawver, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. The scientific purpose of the trip centered on geophysical and geological investigation of the southwest Scotia Sea and Bransfield Strait areas near Peninsular Antarctica. The primary method of investigation was through the use of a SeaBeam 2112 Multi-Beam and Side-Scan Sonar bathymetry mapping system. Other methods included: ZAPS and Rosette vent sniffing, single- and multi-channel seismic, magnetic and gravity sensing, coring, dredging, and temperature profiling. The cruise, NBP 95-07, left port from Punta Arenas, Chile, on the 27th of October and arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand, on the 7th of December, 1995. The trip consisted of three major components: scientific investigation in the southwest Scotia Sea study area, scientific investigation in the Bransfield Strait study area, and transit to New Zealand. After the cruise, I spent two weeks touring and investigating the geology of New Zealand.
