https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996733Krock, BerndBerndKrockAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenPANGAEA2026DATE/TIMELATITUDELONGITUDESpeedCourseUnderway cruise track measurementsCalculatedM218Meteor (1986)AI BaseCamp - Helmholtz DataHub Earth & Environment (AI_BaseCamp)DAM Marine Data - Research Vessels (DAM_ResearchVessels)Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhavenhttps://ror.org/032e6b9422026-04-03T13:30:01/2026-05-05T14:31:39Datasethttps://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996734https://www.pangaea.de/expeditions/events/M2189228 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalRaw data acquired by position sensors on board RV METEOR during expedition M218 were processed to receive a validated master track which can be used as reference of further expedition data. During M218 the motion reference unit Kongsberg SeaTex AS MRU-5 combined with Kongsberg SeaTex AS Seapath 320 and two SAAB R6 DGPS receiver were used as navigation sensors. Data were downloaded from DAVIS SHIP data base (https://dship.o2a-data.de/) with a resolution of 1 sec. Processing and evaluation of the data is outlined in the data processing report. Processed data are provided as a master track with 1 sec resolution derived from the position sensors' data selected by priority and a generalized track with a reduced set of the most significant positions of the master track.This dataset contains the master track in 10 min resolution, for other resolutions please see "Other version" references.-75.824116-66.709524-55.167869-36.56608