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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V2 1997/98

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Updated 23/06/2025

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These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Aurora Australis Dates in ice: 02 Oct 1997 - 26 Oct 1997 Observers: Michael Wall Summary of voyage track: 2/10 Ice edge at approx. 62S, 114E 2-5/10 Vessel steamed from ice edge to Casey 8-18/10 Vessel steamed from Casey to 66E 18-22/10 Vessel stopped in ice (rudder damage) 22-26/10 Vessel steamed east to Davis 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 Aurora Australis V2 1997/98
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6b17a5c0-6cc6-4525-a63c-559eac2c824c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 02/10/1997 - 26/10/1997
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        66.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        115.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        115.0,
        -61.0
      ],
      [
        66.0,
        -61.0
      ],
      [
        66.0,
        -67.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V2 1997/98". 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-aurora-australis-v2-1997-981