Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (30th Russian Antarctic Expedition)

• Other Authors: SMIRNOV, VLADIMIR (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WORBY, ANTHONY PETER (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: oceans; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; ICE FLOES; ICE TYPES; PACK ICE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; COMMENTS; DATE; FILM COUNTER; FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; OPEN WATER; RECORD; SEA ICE FLOE SIZE; SEA ICE SNOW COVER; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY; SEA ICE TYPE; SEA TEMPERATURE; SNOW THICKNESS; SNOW TYPE; TIME; TRACK; VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER; VISIBILITY CODE; WEATHER CODE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Arctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Arctic Ocean; Russkaya; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sea-ice-observations-antarctic-expedition/700434; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_MS030885; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

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: 05 Mar 1985 - 12 Aug 1985 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 5/3 Ice edge at approx. 71S, 135W 5-8/3 Ice edge to Russkaya (136W) 12/3-12/4 Attempting to get out of the ice from Russkaya 12/4-25/7 Stuck in pack ice. Drifting for 135 days 26/7 In company of icebreaker 'Vladivostok' 26/7-12/8 Underway, heading north to ice edge 12/8 Ice edge at approx. 61S, 152W 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