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Summary: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: 20 Oct 1993 - 01 Nov 1993 Observers: Martin Higham, Rob Kiernan, David N, D Murphy Summary of voyage track: 20/10 Ice edge at approx 60S, 114E 20-28/10 Vessel steamed westward to Mawson 30/10 - 2/11 Vessel steamed from Mawson to Davis No sea ice observations were made after 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