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Sea Ice Observations from the Icebird V8 1988/89

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Updated 24/06/2025

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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: Ice Bird Dates in ice: 19 Mar 1988 - 29 Mar 1989 Observers: Jeff Wilson Summary of voyage track: 19/3 Observations started at Davis station 68d11mS 76d23mE 19-25/3 Steamed west from Davis to Mawson 27/3 Some observations north of Mawson toward ice edge 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 Icebird V8 1988/89
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ee7e5d74-1de0-41ac-ba92-092a45bddc7c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 19/03/1989 - 27/03/1989
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        62.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        78.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        78.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        62.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        62.0,
        -69.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Icebird V8 1988/89". 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-icebird-v8-1988-891