2012: RV Endeavour EN515 in the Gulf of Mexico (USA)
Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Joe Montoya, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA (USA)
2008: RV Meteor M76/1 Cape Town (Rep. of South Africa) to Walvis Bay (Rep. of Namibia)
Chief Scientists: Dr. Matthias Zabel, MARUM, Bremen (Germany) and Dr. Timothy Ferdelman, MPI, Bremen (Germany)