Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Sea voyage 1998/99

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: Australia Vessel: Polar Sea Dates in ice: 19 Dec 1998 - 01 Jan 1999 Observers: Tony Worby Summary of voyage track: 19/12 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 140E 19-21/12 From ice edge to coast 22-28/12 Steamed west to approx 177W 28/12 - 1/1 Steamed south into the Ross Sea 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 Polar Sea voyage 1998/99
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/eb653d19-cbca-47e4-98c5-d8aebd978ac9
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 19/12/1998 - 01/01/1999
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        140.0,
        -73.0
      ],
      [
        -174.0,
        -73.0
      ],
      [
        -174.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -73.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Sea voyage 1998/99". 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-polar-sea-voyage-1998-991