Scientists from AWI and GEOMAR spent 14 days together on the AWI research vessel Heincke in the North Sea. During this cruise, the concentrations of explosives in water, sediment and fish were investigated for the first time. Samples were taken from the entire German Bight, from the German-Dutch border up to Sylt. Furthermore, already known dumping and munitions suspicion sites around Helgoland, Sylt and north of the island Spiekeroog could be mapped in high resolution and examined magnetometrically. First results of the joint excursion can certainly be presented during the Mid-Term-Meeting at the end of August in Kiel!
Matthias Brenner, AWI
