RV Pelagia expedition 64PE540 will depart from Mindelo on Sao Vicente (Cabo Verde) on Tuesday 28 January 2025 and is due to arrive at Las Palmas on Gran Canaria (Spain) on Wednesday 19 February. Please click here for the actual position of the ship (link to marine-traffic website).
Below this line, we will post regular updates, the most recent at the top.
17 January 2025 - clear skies, with some dust
On this satellite image, one can see clear skies along the northwest African coast. A few of the Canary Islands are just visible below thick white clouds at the top of the image. The Cabo Verde Islands are clearly exposed in the lower middle of the image, although a thin North-South oriented dust cloud is also visible.
The image was acquired from NASA's earthobservatory website.
1 November 2024 - cruise preps and packing
Organising an expedition is a lot of work and preparations usually start months before. Here you see NIOZ - NMF technicians Jan-Dirk and Barry (can you spot him?) packing the first set of containers that will be put on board RV Pelagia in the harbour of Cape Town, South Africa. These containers were shipped there already in November 2024.
Rick Hennekam
Darci Rush
Jan-Berend Stuut
Ben Cala
Merel Konst
Bob Koster
Jeff Koopmans
Barry Boersen
