Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (35th Russian Antarctic Expedition)
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
Data and resources
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Download point for sea ice softwareHTML Open
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Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.HTML Open
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ASPECT websiteHTML Open
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Download the ASPECT Report - A Technique for Making Ship-Based Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and CharacteristicsHTML Open
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Readme file containing instructions on how to use the log files and software.HTML Open
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Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
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PNG Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1990-02-14 – 1990-03-30 |
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| Date (publication) | 2001-09-07 |
| 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 |