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: RussiaVessel: Mikhail SomovDates in ice: 14 Feb 1990 - 30 Mar 1990Observers: UnknownTranslation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir SmirnovSummary of voyage track:14/2 Ice edge at approx. 68S, 169W14-16/2 169W - 138W (around heavy ice)17/2-2/3 In heavy ice trying to get into Russkaya3-6/3 In heavy ice (stopped?)7-8/3 Ship broke in to Russkaya13-17/3 Some movement in vicinity of Russkaya18-21/3 No observations22-25/3 Limited movement/heavy ice26-29/3 In company with Akademic Fedorov29-30/3 173W - 176E, ice edge at 71S, 176EThe 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