Ecosystems of the Siberian Arctic Seas-2024 (Cruise 95 of the R/V “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh” in the Kara Sea)

95^d cruise of R/V “Akademik Mstislav Keldysh” was organized by Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in a frame of long-term Program “Marine Ecosystems of Siberian Arctic”. The cruise was focused at evaluation of the processes in the Arctic ecosystem in the period of seasonal ice breacking and was held from 21 June to 24 July 2024. Coordinated hydrophysical, hydrochemical, biooceanological, geochemical research were carried out under different sea ice conditions in the central part of the Kara Sea in latitudinal range from 74°30.0ʹ to 80°22.5ʹ N, as well as in the eastern part of the Barents Sea. 62 scientists from the institutes of 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.

Arctic, Kara and Barents Sea, spring season, seasonal ice, pelagic and bottom ecosystems, biological productivity, alien species, CO₂ fluxes, radioactive pollution