Cruise Report 9th January 1967

Cruise Report
F.R.S. "Explorer"
9th January - 26th January, 1967

Following the experiments with the fishing gear, which were carried out by Mr R.Jones and his team, the ship left Aberdeen on 9th January at 1030hrs. The weather proved difficult from the outset and the prognosis for the next two weeks was not encouraging. Consequently, the programme had to be curtailed. It had been decided, therefore, to select some stations from each area included in the survey, so as to gain the general idea of the prevailing conditions. Interespersed with periods of stormy weather, during which the ship had to shelter, the survey continued until 25th January. After a stormy passage home, Explorer berthed in Aberdeen on 26th January at 1200hrs.

Z. Kabata
15th March, 1967