Individuals participating in the cruise, their home institutions and positions are:
| Halanych, Ken | Auburn University | Chief Scientist |
| Mahon, Andy | Central Michigan University | Co-PI |
| Santos, Scott* | Auburn University | Co-PI |
| Brannock, Pam | Auburn University | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Branson, David | Auburn University | Graduate Student Researcher |
| Galaska, Matt | Auburn University | Graduate Student Researcher |
| Harder, Avril | Central Michigan University | Graduate Student Researcher |
| Held, Christopher |
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research | Collaborator |
| Hollingsworth, Abigail | Central Michigan University | Undergraduate Student Researcher |
| Kocot, Kevin | Auburn University | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Moroz, Leonid | University of Florida | Collaborator |
| Roberts, Stephen | Central Michigan University | Collaborator |
| Schulze, Anja | Texas A&M University at Galveston | Collaborator |
| Schwartz, Megan | Univ. Washington Tacoma | Collaborator |
| Waits, Damien | Auburn University | Graduate Student Researcher |
* - Santos will be back in Auburn, Alabama assisting with land-based logistics during the cruise.
Last updated: 11/12/2013