Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean Cetacean Program - BROKE-West

The SOCEP research objective is to detect and document cetacean sightings and relevant environmental and other information throughout the voyage. The BROKE-West multidisciplinary voyage provides an opportunity to correlate sightings data with oceanographic and biology research conducted by other programs. Search effort is conducted over a broad range of weather conditions. The majority of Antarctic species are medium to large whales, with cues that can be detected in relatively high Beaufort sea states up to and including Beaufort Sea State 7.

SOCEP项目的研究目标为在全程航行中探测并记录鲸类动物（cetacean）的目击记录，以及相关环境及其他各类信息。BROKE-West多学科科考航次可为将目击数据与其他项目开展的海洋学、生物学研究建立关联提供契机。本次搜寻作业将在广泛的天气条件范围内开展。南极海域的鲸类物种以中大型鲸类为主，其相关特征信号可在相对较高的蒲福海况（Beaufort Sea State）下被探测到，最高可覆盖至蒲福海况7级。