2001/02 V4 details

General information

Season
2001/02
Voyage
V4

Ship

Polar Bird


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2001
Catalogue id
4556C1
Photographer
Papps, Wayne

Leader

Voyage Leader

Joe Johnson

Deputy Voyage Leader

Terry Roe

Voyage Objectives

Davis resupply

Voyage Reports

No reports known - if you know of any, please contact the Data Centre and we can add them.

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  12-Nov-2001  Davis  1-Dec-2001 
Davis  4-Dec-2001  Sansom Island  7-Dec-2001 
Sansom Island  16-Dec-2001  Prydz Bay  16-Dec-2001 
Prydz Bay  14-Jan-2002  Hobart  25-Jan-2002 

See also List of sitreps - not guaranteed to work as voyage naming conventions are not consistent.

See the 2001/02 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 53.0' S
74° 09.4' E 147° 30.0' E
69° 02.1' S

Voyage Track map from the Marine Underway database, averaged every 15 minutes

Voyage Data and Activities

Biological Collections

List of collections of species data collected on this voyage. Some collections are voyage specific or might be from a wider set of observations or samples.

Collection NameObservation countLink to data search form
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean 1539 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 9-Oct-2001 03:18 UT to 24-Jan-2002 21:51 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 200102040 - Polar Bird Voyage 4 2001-2002 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 42 species from 1621 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Data from 14-Nov-2001 19:30 UT to 24-Jan-2002 04:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see DB_WOV *** at GCMD

Weather

Science Projects

Note - this page lists projects where there has been some requirements logged. This may include requests that are not directly associated with any science performed on the ship.

Australian Antarctic Science Projects for voyage. Click on the project number to see Public details such as project metadata and Australian Antarctic Program publications.

701 Long-term monitoring of the mesopause region via hydroxyl emissions at Davis
805 Meteorology Observations
1164 Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf
1221 Field Training for Mawson expeditioners at Davis V4
1332 Glacial history of the Framnes Mountains, East Antarctica.
2208 Variability in the distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean