The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) is a multidisciplinary
programme which undertakes biological, chemical and physical
oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and
destinations in the South Atlantic - previously the Falkland
Islands, South Africa and Chile, a distance of up to 13,500km. This
transect crosses a range of ecosystems from sub-polar to tropical
and from euphotic shelf seas and upwelling systems to oligotrophic
mid-ocean gyres.
The programme was established in 1995 and since then has
included 22 research cruises involving over 200
scientists from 15 countries. AMT has proved to be a long-term
multidisciplinary ocean observation programme, which is a platform
for national and international scientific collaboration, a training
arena for the next generation of oceanographers and an ideal
facility for validation of novel technology.
The next AMT cruise will depart from Southampton, UK on 10
October 2012 and arrive in Punta Arenas on 24 November 2012.
Expressions of interest are now invited for participation in AMT
cruises in 2013 and beyond, please contact Andy Rees, apre@pml.ac.uk, for further
details.
