Overview of the 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition

ABSTRACT

The 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition was carried out from 20 July to 26 September 2018. The expedition was successful in undertaking multidisciplinary comprehensive surveys in the fields of physical oceanography, marine meteorology, sea ice, marine chemistry, marine biology, marine ecology, geology, and geophysics in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Chukchi Plateau, Mendeleev Ridge, and Canada Basin. This paper gives an overview of the main achievements of this expedition and highlights the scientific achievements.

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摘要

中国第9次北极考察航次于2018年7月20日至9月26日执行，在白令海、楚科奇海、楚科奇海台、门捷列夫海岭和加拿大海盆开展了物理海洋、海洋气象、海冰、海洋化学、海洋生物、海洋生态、地质和地球物理等多学科综合考察。本文对中国第9次北极考察取得的主要成果进行了概述。

KEYWORDS:

• Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition
• Chukchi Sea
• Canada Basin
• Bering Sea
• Arctic Ocean

关键词:

• 中国第9次北极考察；楚科奇海；加拿大海盆；白令海；北冰洋

Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to the R/V Xuelong and helicopter crew for their logistical support during the expedition. We also thank Dawei LI for his hard work polishing the draft of this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.