Observations of the sea ice cover at Wilkes base in Autumn-Winter 1963. Includes water temperature, air temperature, wind speed and direction, cloud cover, relative humidity, and general notes. These documents have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Polar Sea Dates in ice: 19 Dec 1998 - 01 Jan 1999 Observers: Tony Worby Summary of voyage track: 19/12 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 140E 19-21/12 From ice edge to coast 22-28/12 Steamed west to approx 177W 28/12 - 1/1 Steamed south into the Ross Sea 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

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B Palmer Dates in ice: 18 June 1999 - 06 July 1999 Observers: Ray Smith and others Summary of voyage track: 18/6/99 - 29/6/99 Vacinity of Adelaide Is to eastern Bellingshausen Sea return 30/6/99 - 6/7/99 Into Marguerite Bay and out via entry point 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

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 10 Sep 2001 - 22 Oct 2001 Observers: Rob Massom and others Summary of voyage track: 10/9/01 First brash ice 11-20/9/01 Transect from vicinity of Palmer to Rothera 22/9/01 - 21/10/01 Marguerite Bay and out to ice edge 21/10/01 Ice edge at 67'18.55S 71'29.49W 22/10/01 Transect parallel to ice edge to vicinity of Palmer 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

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: 28 Apr 1998 - 05 Jun 1998 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 28/4 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 112E 28/4-1/5 From ice edge to Mirny (93E) 2-9/5 At Mirny 10-16/5 Mirny to Progress (76E) 18-22/5 Progress to Molodezhnaya (46E) 28/5-1/6 Molodezhnaya to Novolazarevskaya (12E) 4-5/6 Novolazarevskaya to ice edge at approx. 63S, 10E 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

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 26 Dec 1999 - 06 Feb 2000 Observers: Steve Ackley, Jackie Ackley, others Summary of voyage track: 26/12 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 180 26/12 - 14/1 Complicated cruise track through the Ross Sea toward SE then NE to 128W 14/1 - 6/2 Back through pack ice toward the west 6/2 Obs completed at Cape Colbeck (157W) 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 HH:MM:SS VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD IN OKTAS WEATHER CODE COMMENTS

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: 27 Feb 1998 - 26 Mar 1998 Observers: Unknown Translation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir Smirnov Summary of voyage track: 27-28/2 From ice edge at approx. 67S, 46E to Molodezhnaya (46E) 2-5/3 From Molodezhnaya to Progress (76E) 11-19/3 Oceanographic work in Prydz Bay (approx. 77E) 19-22/3 Prydz Bay to Mirny (93E) 25-26/3 Mirny to ice edge at approx. 64S, 96E 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

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

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: United States Vessel: Nathaniel B. Palmer Dates in ice: 27 Aug 1995 - 12 Sep 1995 Observers: Martin Jeffries, others Summary of voyage track: 27/8 Ice edge at approx. 67S, 110W 27-30/8 Transect south along 110W to approx. 70S 30/8 - 12/9 Zig zag transects eastward to ice edge at approx. 63S, 78W The fields for 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

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Germany Vessel: Polarstern Dates in ice: 12 Dec 2000 - 22 Dec 2000 Observers: Gerd Rohardt, others Summary of voyage track: North-south sections near the prime meridian from the ice edge to Neumeyer station and back to the ice edge. 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