Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 057, May 2023

The 2023 Marion Relief Voyage 057 offered the 11th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based oceanographic research on board the SA Agulhas II en route to, from, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEIs). The ship-based research was conducted as a joint multi-institutional, multidisciplinary effort with scientists, research technicians, interns and students from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Oceans & Coasts Research (DFFE-OCR), Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Specialist Monitoring Services (DFFE-SMS), Bayworld Centre for Research and Education (BCRE), the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Pretoria (UP), all collaborating to achieve a variety of research and monitoring project objectives. For the 2023 Relief voyage 19 scientists; students; technicians and interns participated on the voyage from the various institutes and universities.

2023年马里恩补给航次057（2023 Marion Relief Voyage 057）为第11次开展多学科船载海洋学研究提供了机遇，本次科考依托SA Agulhas II号科考船执行任务，航次往返并环绕亚南极区域的爱德华王子群岛（Prince Edward Islands, PEIs）航行。本次船载科考为多机构联合多学科项目，参与方涵盖来自林业、渔业与环境部海洋与海岸研究处（Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Oceans & Coasts Research, DFFE-OCR）、林业、渔业与环境部专家监测服务处（Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Specialist Monitoring Services, DFFE-SMS）、贝世界研究与教育中心（Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, BCRE）、开普敦大学（University of Cape Town, UCT）以及比勒陀利亚大学（University of Pretoria, UP）的科研人员、研究技师、实习生与学生，各方通力协作以达成多项研究与监测项目的既定目标。本次2023年补给航次共有来自各合作机构与高校的19名科研人员、学生、技师及实习生参与。