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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: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 26 Jul 2001 - 27 Aug 2001 Observers: Frank Stewart, Kerry Claffey, others Summary of voyage track: 26/7 Ice edge at approx 64S, 69W 26/7 - 27/8 Cruise track focussed on western side of Peninsula 27/8 Observations finished at approx 65S, 64W (Note - The Lawrence M. Gould was in the same area at the same time - GD070801) 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