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Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (30th Russian Antarctic Expedition)

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

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: 05 Mar 1985 - 12 Aug 1985 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 5/3 Ice edge at approx. 71S, 135W 5-8/3 Ice edge to Russkaya (136W) 12/3-12/4 Attempting to get out of the ice from Russkaya 12/4-25/7 Stuck in pack ice. Drifting for 135 days 26/7 In company of icebreaker 'Vladivostok' 26/7-12/8 Underway, heading north to ice edge 12/8 Ice edge at approx. 61S, 152W 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 (30th Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/da87ac04-8356-45fe-8533-a68b43c1612c
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 05/03/1984 - 12/08/1984
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-153.0, -76.0], [-134.0, -76.0], [-134.0, -61.0], [-153.0, -61.0], [-153.0, -76.0]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (30th Russian Antarctic Expedition)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/sea-ice-observations-from-the-mikhail-somov-30th-russian-antarctic-expedition1

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