After leaving the coastal zone and returning to deeper waters, we went into a sampling frenzy: we raced back and forth with the ship between up to 4 stations a day to retrieve and deploy the landers while also continuing to sample and analyse the seawater and muddy sediments.
The traditional cruise picture with all participants and crew then followed and we celebrated the completion of sampling with a barbecue on Tuesday September 15.
We entered Varna harbour on the morning of Wednesday September 16 and, after unloading in the evening, now have left the ship.
It was a successful research cruise, with excellent team work, great samples and already many very interesting results!