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SWIFT cruise (14th Feb - 21st Mar 2001)
French-Danish expedition to survey & dredge the South-west Indian Ridge & the Madagascar Plateau.
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Red line = ship track from Durban (South Africa) to Reunion, via the Madagascar Plateau, the South-west Indian Ridge, and a short detour to Crozet Island to escape from Cyclone Dera. |

R/V Marion Dufresne.

Satellite photo of Cyclone Dera. |

Fine french cuisine onboard 
Playing badminton in the cargo hold |
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Practice drill with survival suit
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Shipboard lecture: U-series disequilibrium
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Dredged plagioclase-rich pillow lava |
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sea swell during dredging (to right) |
sea swell during dredging (to left) |
samples on deck from dredge |
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another successful(?) dredge |
one of many spectacular sunsets |
dolphins following ship as we left Durban harbour. |
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