Biological data from the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) ...

• Main Author: Mackay, Kevin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node 2018
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/yr2tlh; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e6dc3f1d-9ba3-41d2-a4ed-8e31e85cf617

The marine program of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition was carried out on board the diesel-turbine powered "Ob" (1955-1958) as part of the International Geophysical Year. Supplementary material was also provided by the Antarctic station "Mirnyi" and the whalers "Slava" and "Sovetskaya Ukraina". Biological occurrence data was digitised from the "Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958)" Volumes 1-3. The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was V. G. Kort. The expedition lasted from 30 November 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members. Three diesel-electric ships were used to transport the expedition. They were RV "Ob" (flagship; captain I. A. Man), RV "Lena" (captain A. I. Vetrov) and the refrigerator ship No. 7 (captain M. A. Tsygankov). The final ship was used only for transporting perishables. Ob and Lena were icebreakers 130m long and displacing 12,600 tons. On the 30 November 1955 the first ship ("Ob") left ...