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Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (35th 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: 14 Feb 1990 - 30 Mar 1990 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 14/2 Ice edge at approx. 68S, 169W 14-16/2 169W - 138W (around heavy ice) 17/2-2/3 In heavy ice trying to get into Russkaya 3-6/3 In heavy ice (stopped?) 7-8/3 Ship broke in to Russkaya 13-17/3 Some movement in vicinity of Russkaya 18-21/3 No observations 22-25/3 Limited movement/heavy ice 26-29/3 In company with Akademic Fedorov 29-30/3 173W - 176E, ice edge at 71S, 176E 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 (35th Russian Antarctic Expedition)
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/624c3220-4252-498d-b567-bfb1409b0bd9
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 14/02/1990 - 30/03/1990
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[176.0, -75.0], [-138.0, -75.0], [-138.0, -66.0], [176.0, -66.0], [176.0, -75.0]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (35th 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-35th-russian-antarctic-expedition1

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