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ASPeCt bridge-based sea-ice observations - 2007 to 2013
The Antarctic Sea ice Processes and Climate [ASPeCt] data sets submitted here have been collected systematically from the bridge of an icebreaker, while it transited through the... -
Parent metadata record for all metadata created from the SIPEX II voyage of...
More than 50 scientists from eight countries conducted the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment 2012 (SIPEX-2). The 2012 voyage built on information and observations... -
Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology of Terrestrial Antarctic Ciliates and...
Project 565: The database provides a list of species of ciliates and testate amoebae (Protozoa: Ciliophora; Testacea) recorded in various edaphic habitats, e.g., mineral soils... -
ASPeCt Sea Ice Data from the SIPEX Voyage of the Aurora Australis in 2007-2008
ASPeCt is an expert group on multi-disciplinary Antarctic sea ice zone research within the SCAR Physical Sciences program. Established in 1996, ASPeCt has the key objective of... -
APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's
APIS data were collected between 1994 and 1999. This dataset also includes some historical data collected between 1985 and 1987. Both aerial and ship-board surveys were... -
Photosynthetic rates of Antarctic sea-ice algae
From the abstract of one of the papers: Oxygen microelectrodes were used to measure the photosynthetic rates of Antarctic fast ice algal mats. Using the oxygen flux across the... -
Polarstern PS117 expedition Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) under-ice observations
During RV Polarstern voyage PS117, under-ice observations were conducted with an instrumented Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployed directly from the ship. Collected time-... -
Biodiversity and ecophysiology of Antarctic sea-ice bacteria
The data set includes information relevant for the study and description of sea-ice bacteria contains the following dataset subgroups and is organised by REFERENCE number. 1)... -
Images showing the retreat of sea ice and subsequent chlorophyll-a bloom in...
This data set comprises animations showing the spring/summer melt of sea ice in East Antarctica and the subsequent chlorophyll blooms. SMMR-SSM/I sea ice concentration data were... -
AAD buoy data collected during ISPOL 2004, Western Weddell Sea
Ice Station POLarstern [ISPOL] was a multi-national, interdisciplinary study coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, involving... -
Sea Ice Observations in the ASPeCt format during the 2007 SIMBA cruise
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer... -
The fate of primary production in Antarctic sea ice: the role of metazoan grazers.
Crustaceans are an important component of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. Large numbers live in or close to the sea-ice cover, using it as a refuge from predation and a source... -
Winter Zooplankton pilot study - Mawson area
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1117 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- The aim of this project is to... -
Antifreeze molecules in Nototheniid fish around Davis Station, Antarctica
A report completed as part of this project is available for download from the URL given below. Extracts of the report are presented in the metadata record. See the report for... -
Seals from Space: Developing techniques to use satellite remote sensing to...
Despite being a ubiquitous and abundant component of the Southern Ocean ecosystem, pack-ice seals (crabeater, Ross and leopard seals) are notoriously difficult to census as they... -
International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB)
The International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB) is run by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). IPAB is a self-sustaining project of the WCRP, and provides a link... -
Ice core meiofauna during the SIPEX and SIPEX II voyages
Zooplankton were collected during the winter-spring transition during two cruises of the Aurora Australis: SIPEX in 2007 and SIPEX II in 2012. As part of the collections sea ice... -
Circumpolar compilation of organic carbon data from Antarctic pack ice
This dataset is an international circumpolar compilation of currently available organic carbon data from Antarctic pack ice cores collected at locations around Antarctica... -
Weddell Seal underwater calling rates during the winter and spring near...
During the winter and spring of 2002, underwater calling rates were measured near mid-day on an opportunistic basis at 7 breeding sites and, at two breeding sites, over 24 hour... -
Nella Dan: ADBEX III Cruise - Krill and zooplankton data
This dataset contains results from the Antarctic Division BIOMASS Experiment III (ADBEX III) cruise of the Nella Dan. It is the fifth cruise in a series of six, conducting a...