1993/94 V1 details

General information

Season
1993/94
Voyage
V1
ACE CRC reference name
au9301

Cruise Name

THIRST - Third Heard Island Research Survey Trip

Voyage Classification

Marine Science

Ship

Aurora Australis


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Catalogue id
2439B3
Caption
Pumping fuel to Mirny
Photographer
McCormack, David (Dave)

Leader

Voyage Leader

Dick Williams

Deputy Voyage Leader

Andrew McEldowney

Voyage Objectives

Marine Science

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  7-Aug-1993  Macquarie Island  11-Aug-1993 
Macquarie Island  11-Aug-1993  Hobart  9-Oct-1993 

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

See the 1993/94 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 51.5' S
72° 28.6' E 159° 01.2' E
54° 49.0' 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
Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean 1 Search
Pelagic Fish Observations 1968-1999 5161 Search
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean 5212 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
CTD Bottle Data 58 Stations - Link to data at CTD Bottle Data

Data from 2-Sep-1993 00:21 UT to 24-Sep-1993 22:46 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au9301 - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9301 (THIRST) at GCMD
CTD Cast Data 58 stations - Link to data at CTD Cast Data

Data from 2-Sep-1993 00:00 UT to 24-Sep-1993 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au9301 - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9301 (THIRST) at GCMD
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 536573 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 7-Aug-1993 09:21 UT to 8-Oct-1993 19:42 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199394010 - Aurora Australis Voyage 1 (THIRST) 1993-94 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 51 species from 5638 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Observers: Dave Eades and Tim Reid

Data from 7-Aug-1993 22:00 UT to 8-Oct-1993 07:50 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see DB_WOV *** at GCMD
XBT deployments 94 XBT's - Link to data at XBT deployments

For data quality, methods used etc., see au9301 - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9301 (THIRST) 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.

45 Fisheries investigations in the Heard Island AFZ
133 The role of the Southern Ocean in the carbon cycle
656 Collections of Cephalopods and Other Benthic Invertebrates of the Heard Island/Kerguelen Plateau Region
657 Prey Consumption by Seabirds around Heard Island in Relation to Physical and Biological Oceanographic Parameters