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 team
Mr A. Steer, AAD, Member of observation team
Prof S. Warren, UW(Seattle), USA, Member of observation team
Dr J. Hutchings, IARC, UAF, USA, Member of observation team
Dr T. Toyota, Inst Low Temp Science, Japan, Member of observation team
Dr T. Tamura, NIPR, Japan, Member of EM observation team
Dr G. Dieckmann, AWI, Germany, Member of observation team
Dr E. Maksym, WHOI, USA, Member of observation team
Mr R. Stevens, IMAS, Trainee on observation team
Dr J. Melbourne-Thomas, ACE CRC, Trainee on observation team
Dr A. Giles, ACE CRC, Trainee on observation team
Ms M. Zhia, IMAS, Trainee on observation team
Ms J. Jansens, IMAS, Trainee on observation team
Mr R. Humphries, Univ Wollengong, Trainee on observation team
Mr C. Sampson, Univ Utah, USA, Trainee on observation team
Mr Olivier Lecomte, Univ Catholique, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Trainee on observation team
Mr D. Lubbers, Univ Utah, USA, Trainee on observation team
Ms M. Zatko, UW(Seattle), USA, Trainee on observation team
Ms C. Gionfriddo, Uni Melbourne, Trainee on observation team
Mr K. Nakata, EES, Japan, Trainee on observation team