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Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer

Created 23/06/2025

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: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 26 Dec 1999 - 06 Feb 2000 Observers: Steve Ackley, Jackie Ackley, others Summary of voyage track: 26/12 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 180 26/12 - 14/1 Complicated cruise track through the Ross Sea toward SE then NE to 128W 14/1 - 6/2 Back through pack ice toward the west 6/2 Obs completed at Cape Colbeck (157W) 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 HH:MM:SS VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD IN OKTAS WEATHER CODE COMMENTS

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Title Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ef67f37c-42a1-4289-9370-ec5baf54732d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 26/12/1999 - 06/02/2000
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        179.0,
        -77.0
      ],
      [
        -128.0,
        -77.0
      ],
      [
        -128.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        179.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        179.0,
        -77.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Nathaniel B Palmer". 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-nathaniel-b-palmer1