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Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1992/93

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Updated 23/06/2025

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These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Aurora Australis Dates in ice: 26 Oct 1992 - 14 Nov 1992 Observers: Ian Allison, Tony Worby, Martin Higham Summary of voyage track: 26/10 Ice edge at approx. 60S, 85E 26/10 -1/11 Vessel steamed to Mawson 4-9/11 Vessel steamed from Mawson to Davis, transect in Prydz Bay 11-14/11 Vessel steamed from Davis to ice edge at approx. 61S, 86E. 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

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Title Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1992/93
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/83d964e7-315b-4e45-af2e-826d62b6b0e3
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 26/10/1992 - 14/11/1992
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        61.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        86.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        86.0,
        -59.0
      ],
      [
        61.0,
        -59.0
      ],
      [
        61.0,
        -69.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Aurora Australis V1 1992/93". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sea-ice-observations-from-the-aurora-australis-v1-1992-931