Sea Ice Observations from the Polar Sea voyage 1998/99

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone.These data are in the ASPeCt format.National program: AustraliaVessel: Polar SeaDates in ice: 19 Dec 1998 - 01 Jan 1999Observers: Tony WorbySummary of voyage track:19/12 Ice edge at approx. 63S, 140E19-21/12 From ice edge to coast22-28/12 Steamed west to approx 177W28/12 - 1/1 Steamed south into the Ross SeaThe fields in this dataset are:SEA ICE CONCENTRATIONSEA ICE FLOE SIZESEA ICE SNOW COVERSEA ICE THICKNESSSEA ICE TOPOGRAPHYSEA ICE TYPERECORDDATETIMELATITUDELONGITUDEOPEN WATERTRACKSNOW THICKNESSSNOW TYPESEA TEMPERATUREAIR TEMPERATUREWIND VELOCITYWIND DIRECTIONFILM COUNTERFRAME COUNTER FOR FILMVIDEO RECORDER COUNTERVISIBILITY CODECLOUDWEATHER CODECOMMENTS