Raw multibeam bathymetry data collected around Southern Thule, part of the South Sandwich Island chain in the Southern Ocean on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov during the austral summer of 2016/2017 as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).

• Main Author: Swiss Polar Institute
• Other Authors: Thomas, Jenny, Bogachev, Iiuri, Pina Estany, Carles
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: multibeam; bathymetry; ELAC Nautik; Southern Thule; South Sandwich Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition; ACE; Antarc*; Antarctic; Swiss Polar Institute
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3518980

Dataset abstract An ELAC Nautik 3020 multibeam echo sounder with a 20 kHz transducer mounted on the hull of the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov, was used to collect multibeam bathymetry data during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). This particular dataset was collected around Southern Thule, part of the South Sandwich Island chain in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017. Bathymetry data were used live during the cruise to look for suitable locations where benthic trawling and remotely-operated vehicle deployments could take place, rather than to undertake specific bathymetric surveys. This raw dataset is provided without calibration information for the surface sound velocity or instrumentation itself and should be used with due caution. Dataset contents lineYYYYDDmonHHMMSS.xse, data file, proprietary format lineYYYYDDmonHHMMSS.ssv, data file, ASCII location.hydrostar, ancillary file, ASCII data_file_header.txt, metadata, text README.txt, metadata, text Dataset license This raw multibeam bathymetry dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition was made possible by funding from the Swiss Polar Institute and Ferring Pharmaceuticals.