Sea Ice Observations from the Akademic Fedorov (37th Russian Antarctic Expedition) March-April 1992
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: Russia Vessel: Akademic Fedorov Dates in ice: 08 Mar 1992 - 21 Apr 1992 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov
Summary of voyage track: 23/3 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 45E 23/3 Arrive Molodezhnaya 27/3 - 1/4 Molodezhnaya to Mirny (mostly out of the ice) 3-5/4 Mirny to Oazis (approx. 100E) 6-8/4 Oazis to Mirny 10-15/4 Mirny to Molodezhnaya 17-20/4 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevskaya 20-21/4 Novolazarevskaya to ice edge at approx. 67S, 13E
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
Data and resources
-
Download point for sea ice software.HTML Open
-
Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.HTML Open
-
ASPECT websiteHTML Open
-
Download the ASPECT Report - A Technique for Making Ship-Based Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and CharacteristicsHTML Open
-
Readme file containing instructions on how to use the log files and software.HTML Open
-
Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
-
PNG Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1992-03-08 – 1992-04-21 |
|---|---|
| Date (publication) | 2001-08-02 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | This metadata record is publicly available. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |