Expedition Ship Start date End date Number of cores Comments
33rd Chinese Antarctic Expedition R/V Xuelong Nov. 2, 2016 April 11, 2017 1 None
39th Chinese Antarctic Expedition R/V Xuelong Oct. 26, 2022 April 6, 2023 1 None
ANT-XI/3 RV Polarstern Jan. 14, 1994 March 27, 1994 1 None
ANT-XXIII/4 (PS69) RV Polarstern Feb. 10, 2006 April 11, 2006 29 None
ANT-XXVI/3 (PS75) RV Polarstern Jan. 29, 2010 April 5, 2010 15 None
ANTA96 (PNRA Expedition XI) M/N Italica Jan. 7, 1996 Feb. 10, 1996 1 Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
BANGSS-95 RV Aurora Australis Feb. 6, 1995 April 12, 1995 9 Big ANtarctic Geological and Seismic Survey; Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) Voyage 6 1994/95; AGSO Cruise 149
D172 RRS Discovery Dec. 17, 1987 March 30, 1988 5 None
DF80 USCGC Glacier Dec. 19, 1979 Feb. 11, 1980 13 Deep Freeze 1980
DF81 USCGC Glacier Feb. 8, 2010 March 3, 2010 2 Deep Freeze 1981
DF82 USCGC Glacier Oct. 10, 1981 April 21, 1982 1 Deep Freeze 1982
DF86 RV Glacier Jan. 21, 1986 Feb. 28, 1986 19 Deep Freeze 1986
DF87 USCGC Glacier Dec. 17, 1986 Jan. 16, 1987 5 Deep Freeze 1987
HWD03 Hot Water Drilling (not a ship) Jan. 1, 2003 Jan. 1, 2003 2 Field test of hot water drilling system for ANDRILL project (ANtarctic geological DRILLing, 2006-2007)
HWD06 Hot Water Drilling (not a ship) Jan. 1, 2006 Jan. 1, 2006 1 Hot water drilling project in preparation for ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing, 2006-2007)
IO1578 ARA Islas Orcadas Jan. 9, 1978 March 4, 1978 1
IWSOE69 USCGC Glacier Feb. 13, 1969 March 24, 1969 5 International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition
IWSOE70 USCGC Glacier Feb. 6, 1970 April 2, 1970 6 International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition
JR104 RRS James Clark Ross Jan. 23, 2004 Feb. 13, 2004 18 None
JR141 RRS James Clark Ross Jan. 9, 2006 Feb. 15, 2006 29 None
JR157 RRS James Clark Ross Jan. 20, 2007 Feb. 4, 2007 2 None
JR179 RRS James Clark Ross Feb. 18, 2008 April 11, 2008 8
JR298 RRS James Clark Ross Jan. 23, 2015 March 4, 2015 2 None
JR48 RSS James Clark Ross Feb. 26, 2000 March 25, 2000 4 None
KROCK-93 RV Aurora Australis Jan. 5, 1993 March 9, 1993 3 1992/93 V7 Krill and Rocks; 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83)
NBP00-03 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer May 10, 2000 June 1, 2000 5 None
NBP01-01 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Jan. 30, 2001 March 28, 2001 7 Coring Holocene Antarctic Ocean Sediments (CHAOS)
NBP01-07 RV Nathaniel B. Palmer Dec. 5, 2001 Jan. 13, 2002 3 None
NBP08-02 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Jan. 30, 2008 Feb. 21, 2008 4 None
NBP15-02B RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Jan. 23, 2015 March 20, 2015 12 None
NBP94-01 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Jan. 21, 1994 Feb. 12, 1994 14 None
NBP95-01 RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer Feb. 7, 1995 March 13, 1995 18 None
NBP99-02 RV Nathaniel B. Palmer Feb. 12, 1999 March 22, 1999 26 None
OSO0910 IB Oden Feb. 8, 2010 March 3, 2010 10 Oden Southern Ocean 0910
PD88-03 RV Polar Duke None None 4 None
PD92-02 RV Polar Duke March 19, 1992 April 15, 1992 1 None
TH95 R/V Hakurei-Maru Jan. 1, 1996 Jan. 1, 1996 3 TH95 Antarctic Cruise conducted by the Technology Research Center, Japan National Oil Corporation
WISSARD Hot water drilling (not a ship) None None 1 Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD)