JR11 - PES Core Programme I and biological community study

Cruise JR11 aimed to study interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem. It occupied 58 days from 1 January 1996 to 27 February 1996, to and from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands and was a 2 part cruise. PART 1: The first in a series of cruises to study interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem. PART 2: A focused study of the biological communities of (1) the Polar Frontal Zone to the north of South Georgia and (2) the shelf - offshelf regions on the NW coast of South Georgia. The were both carried out as part of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Pelagic Ecosystem Studies (PES) programme.