Sea Ice Observations from the Mikhail Somov (30th 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: 05 Mar 1985 - 12 Aug 1985Observers: UnknownTranslation to ASPeCt data format: Vladimir SmirnovSummary of voyage track:5/3 Ice edge at approx. 71S, 135W5-8/3 Ice edge to Russkaya (136W)12/3-12/4 Attempting to get out of the ice from Russkaya12/4-25/7 Stuck in pack ice. Drifting for 135 days26/7 In company of icebreaker 'Vladivostok'26/7-12/8 Underway, heading north to ice edge12/8 Ice edge at approx. 61S, 152WThe 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