2001/02 V6 details

General information

Season
2001/02
Voyage
V6

Ship

Polar Bird


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Richard Mulligan

Deputy Voyage Leader

Neil Sorensen

Voyage Objectives

D & M Changeover, M Resupply

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  29-Jan-2002  Davis  10-Feb-2002 
Davis  12-Feb-2002  Mawson  15-Feb-2002 
Mawson  20-Feb-2002  Hobart  2-Mar-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° 52.9' S
62° 50.5' E 147° 30.0' E
68° 34.6' S

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

Voyage Data and Activities

Voyage activities

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

Data from 28-Jan-2002 21:43 UT to 2-Mar-2002 02:48 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 200102060 - Polar Bird Voyage 6 2001-2002 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.

20 High latitude ionospheric sounding [observational]
59 ANARE mapping and geographic information program
701 Long-term monitoring of the mesopause region via hydroxyl emissions at Davis
799 Mechanical Maintenance
805 Meteorology Observations
809 Meteorology Engineering Services
815 Station Management
816 Summer Communications
1034 Surveying, Aerial Photography & Tide Gauge Network
2208 Variability in the distribution and abundance of seabirds in the Southern Indian Ocean