Sea ice reports for the Antarctic shipping season 2015-2016

The sea-ice reports compiled in this document are weekly reports on sea-ice conditionsfor East Antarctica, including sub-weekly updates. They were prepared to support shipoperations in East Antarctica during the 2015/2016 shipping season. These reports wereprimarily used to inform the Australian Ant...

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Main Authors: Lieser, JL, Massom, RA, Heil, P
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre 2016
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Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/109490
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Summary:The sea-ice reports compiled in this document are weekly reports on sea-ice conditionsfor East Antarctica, including sub-weekly updates. They were prepared to support shipoperations in East Antarctica during the 2015/2016 shipping season. These reports wereprimarily used to inform the Australian Antarctic program, but were partly provided toother Antarctic operators as well. In particular, we assisted the Royal New Zealand Navy(HMNZS Otago), the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expeditions (RSV Xue Long),the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Shirase) and a commercial fishing operator.