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Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (40th Russian Antarctic Expedition)

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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: Russia Vessel: Mikhail Somov Dates in ice: 02 Mar 1995 - 28 Apr 1995 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 2/3 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 46E 2-3/3 Ice edge to Molodezhnaya 8-13/3 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevakaya 13/3-7/4 No observations 10/4 Observations start again at 53E 10-15/4 Heading east from 53E to Druzhnaya (74E) 18-23/4 Vessel stuck in heavy ice near 77E 23/4 Vessel in company of Akademic Fedorov 25-26/4 62E to Molodezhnaya 27/4 Vessel stuck in ice north of Molodezhnaya. End of observations. The column headings 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 Mikhail Somov (40th Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/87388cdd-1ade-4488-91e5-8b7e3971caa5
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 02/03/1995 - 28/04/1995
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
      [
        78.0,
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      ],
      [
        10.0,
        -54.0
      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (40th 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-mikhail-somov-40th-russian-antarctic-expedition1