Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (42nd Russian Antarctic Expedition)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Russia Vessel: Akademic Fedorov Dates in ice: 22 May 1997 - 24 Jul 1997 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 22/5 Ice edge at approx. 66S, 14E 22-23/5 From ice edge to Novolazarevskaya (12E) 29/5-10/6 Novolazarevskaya to Mirny (93E) 18-28/6 Mirny to Druzhnaya (74E) 7-16/7 Druzhnaya to Molodezhnaya (46E) 17-21/7 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevskaya 22-24/7 Novolazarevskaya to ice edge at approx. 60S, 20E The fields in this dataset are: SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA ICE FLOE SIZE SEA ICE SNOW COVER SEA ICE THICKNESS SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY SEA ICE TYPE RECORD DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE OPEN WATER TRACK SNOW THICKNESS SNOW TYPE SEA TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE WIND VELOCITY WIND DIRECTION FILM COUNTER FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD WEATHER CODE COMMENTS

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Title Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (42nd Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3b8ba5e6-0942-4578-92af-018d2f3fbd67
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 22/05/1997 - 24/07/1997
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (42nd Russian Antarctic Expedition)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sea-ice-observations-from-the-akademic-fedorov-42nd-russian-antarctic-expedition1