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Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region

Created 12/02/2026

Updated 12/02/2026

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The Marine Science voyage (VMS) was conducted on the Aurora Australis between 4 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. The voyage incorporated oceanographic measurements along the CLIVAR SR3 Transect and around the Mertz Glacier region. Underwater still images were collected from 93 sites ranging in depth from 170 m to 2300 m across George V shelf in East Antarctica. The camera equipment was designed and operated by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) marine science support team. The camera was attached to either the CTD frame or the beam trawl frame and lowered to 4-5 m from the seafloor and held in position for 2-15 minutes. All still images were stamped with UTC time. Stations were named according to the frame (e.g. CTD or BT), the sequence number of that particular frame (e.g. CTD53), followed by the instrument used (e.g. CAM for camera) and then the deployment number. For example, BT5_CAM16 was the fifth deployment using the beam trawl frame and the sixteenth camera deployment of the survey overall. For further information please refer to the post-survey report (GA Record 2011/xx - Geocat #71668)

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Title Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/491a3018-3614-4d90-96eb-c79e4ac507a1
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 01/12/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/still-images-from-voyage-marine-science-2010-11-vms-to-mertz-glacier-region4