ASPeCt ship-based observations during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012

This dataset contains observations of ice conditions taken from the bridge of the RV Aurora Australis during SIPEX 2012, following the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research/CliC Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate [ASPeCt] protocols. See aspect.antarctica.gov.au Observations include total and partial concentration, ice type, thickness, floe size, topography, and snow cover in each of three primary ice categories; open water characteristics, and weather summary.The dataset is comprised of the scanned pages of a single logbook, which holds hourly observations taken by observers while the ship was moving through sea-ice zone.The following persons assisted in the collection of these data:Dr R. Massom, AAD, Member of observation teamMr A. Steer, AAD, Member of observation teamProf S. Warren, UW(Seattle), USA, Member of observation teamDr J. Hutchings, IARC, UAF, USA, Member of observation teamDr T. Toyota, Inst Low Temp Science, Japan, Member of observation teamDr T. Tamura, NIPR, Japan, Member of EM observation teamDr G. Dieckmann, AWI, Germany, Member of observation teamDr E. Maksym, WHOI, USA, Member of observation teamMr R. Stevens, IMAS, Trainee on observation teamDr J. Melbourne-Thomas, ACE CRC, Trainee on observation teamDr A. Giles, ACE CRC, Trainee on observation teamMs M. Zhia, IMAS, Trainee on observation teamMs J. Jansens, IMAS, Trainee on observation teamMr R. Humphries, Univ Wollengong, Trainee on observation teamMr C. Sampson, Univ Utah, USA, Trainee on observation teamMr Olivier Lecomte, Univ Catholique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Trainee on observation teamMr D. Lubbers, Univ Utah, USA, Trainee on observation teamMs M. Zatko, UW(Seattle), USA, Trainee on observation teamMs C. Gionfriddo, Uni Melbourne, Trainee on observation teamMr K. Nakata, EES, Japan, Trainee on observation team