Training at Sea
All-Atlantic Floating University Network
NEW OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED FOR 2024
4. RV AGULHAS -II, 24/June-4/July 2024: 2 BERTHS OFFERED. APPLICATION DEADLINE 15/04/24 23H CET
SEAMESTER CRUISE, UNIV. S. AFRICA, 24/JUNE-4/JULY 2024. Chief Scientist of SEAmester: Isabelle Ansorge (Univ. South Africa). In the scope of the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) spearheaded by DSTs SAEON Egagasini node, coordinated by Tammy Morris. ASCA is a multi-institutional, international collaboration and designed to provide the first long-term observations of Agulhas Current volume, heat and salt transport and its variability from seasonal to interannual timescales. ASCA’s objectives are to determine how the Agulhas Current and its role in the global conveyor belt varies over time.
Application forms to apply as student or lecturer are available at www.seamester.co.za.
All costs on board are covered, including accommodation the night before and the night after the survey. Candidates must secure funding for travel to and back to Cape Town. However, POGO can potentially cover the travel costs for one of the selected candidates IF the candidate, in addition to the requirements above, is a national of and involved in oceanographic work in a developing country (list of eligible countries here). Application procedure is very simple: fill in the appropriate form and send it to isabelle.ansorge@uct.ac.za by the 15th of April 2024, 23h00 CET. Candidates must clearly state on the email if they will require support from POGO for travel costs.
5. RV BELGICA, 27June-9July 2024 – 3 BERTHS OFFERED APPLICATION DEADLINE 12/04/24 23h CET
SEAMESTER CRUISE, UNIV. S. AFRICA, 24/JUNE-4/JULY 2024. Chief Scientist of SEAmester: Isabelle Ansorge (Univ. South Africa). In the scope of the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) spearheaded by DSTs SAEON Egagasini node, coordinated by Tammy Morris. ASCA is a multi-institutional, international collaboration and designed to provide the first long-term observations of Agulhas Current volume, heat and salt transport and its variability from seasonal to interannual timescales. ASCA’s objectives are to determine how the Agulhas Current and its role in the global conveyor belt varies over time.
Application forms to apply as student or lecturer are available at www.seamester.co.za.
All costs on board are covered, including accommodation the night before and the night after the survey. Candidates must secure funding for travel to and back to Cape Town. However, POGO can potentially cover the travel costs for one of the selected candidates IF the candidate, in addition to the requirements above, is a national of and involved in oceanographic work in a developing country (list of eligible countries here). Application procedure is very simple: fill in the appropriate form and send it to isabelle.ansorge@uct.ac.za by the 15th of April 2024, 23h00 CET. Candidates must clearly state on the email if they will require support from POGO for travel costs.
COMPLETED CRUISES
3. RV BELGICA, GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM, SEPTEMBER 2023 – NORSEAT CRUISE
Chief Scientist – Marc de Batist (Univ. Ghent). 1-12 September (Zeebrugge- Zeebrugge, Belgium). Collecting vibrocores offshore the Shetland Islands in order to recover event deposits related to past North Sea tsunamis. 2 BERTHS OFFERED. Applicants profile: highly motivated MSc or PhD student in geology, with a good background in sedimentology. UGent covered all costs on board, including accommodation the night before and after the survey. Candidates must secure funding for travel to and back from Belgium. However, POGO can cover the travel costs (i.e., return flight to Belgium and domestic travel within Belgium) for one of the selected candidates IF the candidate, in addition to the requirements above, is a national of and involved in oceanographic work in a developing country (list of eligible countries here). Application procedure is very simple: an email is all that is required, sent to marc.debatist@ugent.be by the 23rd july 2023, 23h00 CET, with a copy to (lmp@ua.pt), including the candidate’s name and contacts, a short CV and a motivation letter explaining why they want to participate in this cruise. Candidates must clearly state on the email if they will require support from POGO for travel costs.
Selected @SeaNetwork participants: (1) Camila Stempels, Argentina; (2) Yan Weber Mesquita, Brasil).
2. RV BELGICA, JUNE 2023 – , GHENT UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM, SEPTEMBER 2023
SCHMEAGOL CRUISE. Chief Scientist – David Van Rooij (Univ. Ghent). Contourite systems in the Porcupine Seabight, within the Belgica Mound Province and the Gollum Channel System. EM304 multibeam and TOPAS PS18 system using boxcores and gravity cores – 2 BERTHS OFFERED. Selected @SeaNetwork participants: (1) Catarina Fernandes, Portugal; (2) Luiz Gustavo Valle, Brasil).
1. SEAMESTER CRUISE, UNIV. S. AFRICA, JUNE 2023.
Chief Scientist: Isabelle Ansorge (Univ. South Africa). Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) spearheaded by DSTs SAEON Egagasini node. ASCA is a multi-institutional, international collaboration and designed to provide the first long-term observations of Agulhas Current volume, heat and salt transport and its variability from seasonal to interannual timescales. ASCA’s objectives are to determine how the Agulhas Current and its role in the global conveyor belt varies over time. – 1 BERTH OFFERED Selected @SeaNetwork participant: Arisha September (Namibia).
