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Antarctic sea ice extent data - 1980-1988

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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This is a scanned copy of a document detailing data on the extent of sea ice in Antarctic from 1980 to 1988. The scanned pages consist of latitude and distance of the south pole of the northern edge of Antarctic sea ice each 10 degrees of longitude. These data were originally extracted from the U.S. navy - NOAA joint ice centre weekly maps of sea ice extent, and compiled by Jo Jacka.

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Title Antarctic sea ice extent data - 1980-1988
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0e1b53a9-80fd-4aa7-8513-6668fde27bdc
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 17/01/1980 - 15/12/1988
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -75.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -75.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -60.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -60.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -75.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Antarctic sea ice extent data - 1980-1988". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-data-1980-19881