Cruise Schedule | Statistics | Publications
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M209: Spring 2025
RV METEOR: Mindelo (Cape Verdes) - Ponta Delgada (Azores)
BASIS
Chief Scientist: Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving (GEOMAR)
SO3xx: Autumn 2025
RV SONNE: Caldera (Costa Rica) - Caldera (Costa Rica)
HessDeep
Chief Scientist: Dr. Felix Genske (University Münster)
PS143/1: Summer 2024
RV POLARSTERN: Tromsoe (Norway) - Tromsoe (Norway)
Fram / Hausgarten: Fram Strait
Chief Scientist: Dr Frank Wenzhoefer (MPI Bremen, AWI Bremerhaven)
M194: 10.10.-07.11.2023
FS METEOR: Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) - Pireus (Greece)
Hexplores: Red Sea
Chief Scientist: Dr. Nico Augustin (GEOMAR, Kiel)
SO299: postponed / summer 2023
RV SONNE: Townsville (Australia) - Singapur
DynaMet: New Ireland/Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni Islands
Chief Scientist: Dr Philipp Brandl (GEOMAR, Kiel)
SO295: 30.10.-22.12.2022
FS SONNE: Port Hueneme (USA) - Port Hueneme (USA)
JPIO / Mining Impact 2: Nodule Monitoring
Chief Scientists: Dr. Matthias Haeckel, Dr. Pedro A. Martinez, Dr. Felix Jannsen
SO288: 15.01.-15.02.2022
RV SONNE: Guayaquil (Ecuador) - Valparaíso (Chile)
GeoSEA Chile / COMBO / HOMER
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Heidrun Kopp
SO276 (formerly M164): Summer 2020
FS SONNE: Emden - Emden
IceAge3
Chief Scientist: Dr. Saskia Brix-Elsig
SO268-2: 30.03.-27.05.2019
RV SONNE: Manzanillo (Mexico) - Vancouver (Canada)
Mining Impact- JPIO: Clarion-Clipperton-Fracture Zone, North-East Pacific
Chief Scientist: Dr. Matthias Haeckel (GEOMAR, Kiel)
to image gallery | Mining Impact Blog
SO268-1: 17.02.-27.03.2019
RV SONNE: Manzanillo (Mexico) - Manzanillo (Mexico)
Mining Impact- JPIO: Clarion-Clipperton-Fracture Zone, North-East Pacific
Chief Scientist: Dr. Peter Linke (GEOMAR, Kiel)
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Refit of System
PS108: 22.08.-09.09.2017
RV POLARSTERN: Tromsø (Norway) - Tromsø (Norway)
ROBEX-DemoMission, Fram Strait
Chief Scientist: Dr. Frank Wenzhöfer (AWI Bremerhaven/ MPI-MM Bremen)
to image gallery | ROBEX Blog
SO254: January/February 2017
RV SONNE: Auckland (New Zealand) - Auckland (New Zealand)
PoriBacNewZ: Southwest Pacific
Chief Scientist:Prof. Dr. Meinhard Simon (ICBM Oldenburg / Wilhelmshaven)
to image gallery | Blog
SO242-2: 28.8. - 1.10.2015
RV SONNE: Guayaquil (Ecuador) - Guayaquil (Ecuador)
DISCOL: Peru Basin, South East Pacific
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (AWI Bremerhaben / MPI-MM Bremen)
to image gallery | DISCOL revisited: Blog
SO239: 11.03.-30.04.2015
RV SONNE: Balboa (Panama) - Manzanillo (Mexico)
JPIO: Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone, Northeast Pacific
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Pedro Martinez (Senckenberg Institute Wilhelmshaven)
to image gallery | Blog
SONNE Test Cruise 7: 2.-12.12.2014
RV SONNE: Kiel (Germany) - Las Palmas (Spain)
Test of the new RV SONNE, North Atlantic
Chief Scientist: Dr. Fritz Abegg (GEOMAR Kiel)
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INDEX 2013-2: 02.12. - 21.12.2013
RV SONNE: Port Louis (Mauritius) - Port Louis (Mauritius)
INDEX 2013-2 - Diary (BGR) (only in German): Southwest Indian Ocean
Chief Scientist: Dr. Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera (BGR Hanover)
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SO229: 24.06.2013 - 27.07.2013
RV SONNE: Townsville (Australia) - Nouméa (New Caledonia)
VANUATU/ COVOLVE: Coriolos Trough, New Hebrides Island Arc, Southwest Pacifik
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Karsten Haase (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
to image gallery | Expedition Log (only in German)
SO225: 19.11.2012-06.01.2013
FS SONNE: Suva (Fiji) - Auckland (New Zealand)
MANIHIKI II: Manihiki Plateau, Soutwest Pacific
Chief Scientist: Dr. Reinhard Werner (GEOMAR Kiel)
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CE12010: 20.07.-06.08.2012
RV CELTIC EXPLORER: Bremerhaven (Germany) - Hamburg (Germany)
ECO2@NorthSea, North Sea
Chief Scientist: Dr. Peter Linke (GEOMAR Kiel)
to image gallery
JC067: 27.11.2011 - 29.11.2011
RRS JAMES COOK: Cape Town (South Africa) - Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Dragon Vent Field. Southwest Indian Ocean
Chief Scientist: Dr. Jon Copley (NOC)
zur Bildergalerie | Yeti Krabben
Video: "Black smokers" and deep-sea creatures of Longui Vent Field
Video: Deep sea, hot spring discoveries may be new animal species
JC066: 07.11.2011 - 21.12.2011
RRS JAMES COOK: Kapstadt (Südafrika) - Port Elizabeth (Südafrika)
Seamounts Expedition: Südwestindischer Rücken (SWIR)
Chief Scientist: Dr. Alex Rogers (University Oxford)
JC65T: 10.10.2011 - 18.10.2011
RRS JAMES COOK: Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spanien) - Mindelo (Kapverden)
Mobilisierung und Test ROV KIEL 6000
ARK XXVI/2: 13.07.2011 - 03.08.2011
FS POLARSTERN: Longyearbyen (Norwegen) - Tromsø (Norwegen)
HAUSGARTEN Framstrasse, Nordatlantik
Chief Scientist: Dr. Michael Klages (AWI Bremerhaven)
zur Bildergalerie | Fahrtbericht
SO210/1 & 2: 21.09.2010 - 01.11.2010
FS SONNE: Valparaiso (Chile) - Valparaiso (Chile)
CHIFLUX: Chilean subduction zone, South East Pacific Ocean
Chief Scientist: Dr. Peter Linke (GEOMAR Kiel)
to image gallery | SFB574 | Cruise Report
M81-2A: 07.03.2010 - 29.03.2010
FS METEOR: Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago) - Willemstad (Curaçao)
CLIP: Caribbean Large Igneous Provinces, Karibik
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Kaj Hoernle (GEOMAR Kiel)
to image gallery
M80-3: 25.12.2009 - 01.02.2010
FS METEOR: Dakar (Senegal) - Las Palmas (Spain)
TACSI: Tropical Atlantic Circulation and Seamount Investigations, Kapverden Seamounts
Chief Scientist: PD Dr. Thor Hansteen (GEOMAR Kiel)
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CE0913: 26.07.2009 - 14.08.2009
RV CELTIC EXPLORER: Bremerhaven (Germany) - Bremerhaven (Germany)
Fluid- and Gasseeps in the Southern German North Sea
Chief Scientist: Dr. Peter Linke (GEOMAR Kiel)
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M78-2: 01.04.2009 - 11.05.2009
FS METEOR: Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago) - Rio de Janeiro (Brasilien)
MARSued V: Mantle to ocean on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (5°S - 11°S)
Chief Scientist: Dr. Richard Seifert (University of Hamburg)
to image gallery
MSM10-3: 04.01.2009 - 13.02.2009
FS MARIA S. MERIAN: Las Palmas (Spain) - Fort de France (Martinique)
HYDROMAR VII: Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier (MPI-MM Bremen)
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l'Atalante 2: 07.01.2008 - 31.01.2008
N/O l'ATALANTE: Recife (Brazil) - Dakar (Senegal)
MARSued IV: Mantle to ocean on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (5°S - 11°S)
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Colin Devey (GEOMAR Kiel)
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l'Atalante 1: 03.12.2007 - 03.01.2008
N/O l'ATALANTE: Toulon (France) - Recife (Brazil)
HYDROMAR V: Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field
Chief Scientist: Dr. Sven Petersen (GEOMAR Kiel)
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ROVARK: 28.07.2007 - 16.08.2007
RV SONNE: Auckland (New Zealand) - Auckland (New Zealand)
ROVARK: Test Cruise ROV KIEL 6000
Chief Scientist: Dr. Bob Embley, Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
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