The Indian SOE 2011 has started

Last monday (24th January) the Indian Southern Ocean Expedition (SOE) has started. The Indian vessell "Sagar Nidhi" departure from Port Louis, Mauritius Island to Antarctica. The researches will be spending around 45 days sampling the Southern Ocean. It is expected to be executed biological, physical, chemical and atmosphere sampling. The brazilians participants are responsible to sampling seawater for phytoplankton pigments analysis by HPLC, that will occur in Brazil at FURG laboratories after the cruise.