Check out this blog post from the Mediterranean cruise

http://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2015/10/14/cruising-the-mediterranean-a-first-hand-account-of-a-month-at-sea-part-1/

The cruise in the Western Mediterranean is part of the EU project OCEAN-CERTAIN – “Ocean Food-web Patrol – Climate Effects: Reducing Targeted Uncertainties with an Interactive Network”. CNR-ISMAR from Italy was in charge of this cruice.