Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (31st Russian Antarctic Expedition)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Russia Vessel: Mikhail Somov Dates in ice: 28 Feb 1986 - 16 Mar 1986 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 28/2 Ice edge at approx. 69S, 139W 28/2-6/3 In company with vessel 'Kapitan Bondanernko' to approx. 72S, 140W 7-8/3 Independent navigation to Russkaya 14-16/3 Russkaya to ice edge at approx. 68S, 151W 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 Mikhail Somov (31st Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0209b3ab-de61-454e-83b7-ca906f6d55e3
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 28/02/1986 - 16/03/1986
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -151.0,
        -74.0
      ],
      [
        -137.0,
        -74.0
      ],
      [
        -137.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        -151.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        -151.0,
        -74.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (31st Russian Antarctic Expedition)". 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-mikhail-somov-31st-russian-antarctic-expedition1