Lead institution:
La Compagnie du Ponant – France
This Decade Project aims at offering a unique opportunity to obtain qualified ocean oxygen data (quality controlled and quality flagged) in remote high latitude areas and other ocean basins difficult to reach.
The Ponant cruise ships provide state-of-the-art scientific equipment with Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) sensors which are maintained and calibrated following the Ocean Best Practices guidelines. Ponant is committed to a 6 years program working closely with scientists from all over the world on board the ice breaker Charcot and other expedition ships performing scientific experiments in those remote high latitude areas and other parts of ocean basins. It offers its field expertise on assisting the international scientific teams to collect data in a safe way.
In addition, Ponant puts at all science teams disposal a set of other EOVs such as pH, dissolved CO2, SST that are collected on a continuous way along the ship transects.
Start Date: 07/01/2024
End Date: 31/12/2030
Lead Contact: Megan Clampitt (mclampitt@ponant.com)