Final sampling map

Sampling started in November 2012 at Seisdon Sand and Gravel Quarry and finished in August 2015 on the Cleaver Bank in the southern North Sea.

Here are some BRITICE-CHRONO sampling statistics:

• 1,541 person days – six years worth

• 28 different islands – including Scilly Rock and Foula

• 914 sample sites

• Over 15 tonnes of samples

• 17,942km steamed