Day 1: Departing from Mauritius
After arriving in Port Louis from the first leg of the Indian Ocean journey, a new team of scientists climbed on board to join the second and final leg of this Nansen Indian ocean survey.
18 scientists representing 8 different nationalities (Norway, South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, Canada, Tanzania, Spain, and Seychelles) will take part in the survey trip. On this this 18 July – 6 August second leg work will concentrate on selected habitats on the Madagascar Ridge, in order to develop methods for habitat mapping and ecosystem classification.
On Saturday, 18 July all the cruise participants met on board the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen. We had our pre-survey meeting at 10.00 am.