Ecosystems of the Siberian Arctic Seas–2024: (Cruise 95 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in the Sea)

Cruise 95 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh was organized by Shirshov Institute of Oceanology within the long-term program “Marine Ecosystems of Siberian Arctic.” The cruise was focused on evaluating the processes in the Arctic ecosystem in the seasonal ice breaking period and took place from June 21 to July 24, 2024. Coordinated hydrophysical, hydrochemical, biooceanological, and geochemical research was carried out under different sea ice conditions in the central Kara Sea in latitudinal range from 74°30.0′ to 80°22.5′ N, as well as in the eastern Barents Sea. Sixty-two scientists from institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, North Arctic Federal University, Baltic Federal University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and VNIRO participated in the cruise.