1996/97 V6 details

General information

Season
1996/97
Voyage
V6

Ship

Aurora Australis


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1997
Catalogue id
2439B3
Caption
Pumping fuel to Mirny
Photographer
McCormack, David (Dave)

Leader

Voyage Leader

Andrew Jackson

Deputy Voyage Leader

Gordon Bain

Voyage Objectives

Summer Expeditioners Out

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  1-Apr-1997  Casey  11-Apr-1997 
Casey  15-Apr-1997  Macquarie Island  22-Apr-1997 
Macquarie Island  23-Apr-1997  Hobart  28-Apr-1997 

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

See the 1996/97 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

0° 04.2' N
166° 58.8' W 179° 01.9' E
76° 40.0' 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
Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey 1602 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows Number of segments = 284 - Link to data at Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows

Data from 5-Apr-1997 01:12 UT to 21-Apr-1997 08:33 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see AADC-00099 - Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Records at GCMD
Instantaneous Growth Rate Experiments 1 IGR Stations

Data from 15-Apr-1997 00:00 UT to 15-Apr-1997 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see Krill_growth_rates - Experimental studies into growth and ageing of krill 1993-2003 at GCMD
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 153831 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 1-Apr-1997 00:00 UT to 23-Apr-1997 22:21 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199697060 - Aurora Australis Voyage 6 1996-97 Underway Data 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.

7 Distribution, size and dissolution of Antarctic icebergs [observational]
13 Human interaction with the antarctic environment
59 ANARE mapping and geographic information program
133 The role of the Southern Ocean in the carbon cycle
141 Collection of live Antarctic krill 'Euphausia superba'
472 Continuous plankton recorder survey [observational]
742 The drift of Antarctic sea ice
794 Inspection of Communications Facilities
852 Southern Ocean Magnetometer Experiment (SOME)