1991/92 V1 details

General information

Season
1991/92
Voyage
V1

Ship

Aurora Australis


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Martin Betts

Deputy Voyage Leader

Andrew McEldowney

Voyage Objectives

Macq. Isl./Science Trials

Comments

Voyage 1 went to Macquarie Island but returned with a broken winch. The program then resumed as Voyage 1.1.

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  25-Sep-1991  Macquarie Island  29-Sep-1991 
Macquarie Island  30-Sep-1991  Hobart  3-Oct-1991 

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

See the 1991/92 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 53.0' S
136° 22.3' E 159° 00.6' E
65° 08.9' 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 650 Search

Voyage activities

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

Data from 25-Sep-1991 05:20 UT to 26-Oct-1991 18:51 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199192010 - Aurora Australis Voyage 1 and 1.1 (WOCE91) 1991-92 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 37 species from 696 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Observers: Unknown

Data from 26-Sep-1991 00:20 UT to 26-Oct-1991 04:40 UT

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

Weather

There is no weather data for this voyage.

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]
27 AGSO Geomagnetic Observatories [Projects 27 and 10 combined - Project No. 760 from 94/95 onwards]
40 The role of antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms
133 The role of the Southern Ocean in the carbon cycle
157 Australian Southern Ocean WOCE hydrographic program
189 The East Antarctic sea ice zone: characteristics and ocean- ice-atmosphere interaction
485 Brood Reduction in Royal and Rockhopper Penguins on Macquarie Island
499 Use of Organic Geochemical Markers for Palaeoclimatic Assessment
511 Radiometric Measurements of Sea Surface Temperature in the Southern Ocean
533 The Distribution and Abundance of Seabirds at Sea in Prydz Bay in Relation to Physical and Biological Parameters
540 Environmental impact of pelagic plastics: surface waters of the Southern Ocean and adjacent shorelines
549 Primary Production along the WOCE Transect South of Australia
2210 UV climate over the Southern Ocean south of Australia, and its biological impact