Education Cruise

Completed

Savannah

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography · USA

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PortTrack / waypointPlanned route

Planned route: 2 segments · ~7 hours steaming

Operating area: NA-06

Route: Savannah (Georgia) - United States → Savannah (Georgia) - United States

Mar 1 – Mar 2, 20251 day at seaactual: departed Mar 1, 2025, arrived Mar 2, 2025

Feb 2025

Mar

Savannah

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Education Cruise — NA-06 Cross-Shelf Plumes April 2024 — Mouth of Winyah Bay, SC, off Georgetown in Long Bay

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Project aboard

This educational cruise is part of an undergraduate capstone course in Earth and Atmospheric Science at Georgia Tech. Each student has their own research project to investigate the effect of the development of the coast on marine environments, including the coastal zone and the continental shelf.

People aboard

Martial Taillefert · Principal investigator

Party size: 14

Estimated vacant berths: 6

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
Stern A-Frame
Meteorological Data
Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)

Pooled / portable

CTD
Sediment Core
Grab Sampler

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · MFP reference 23/2955 · synced Sep 24, 2026