Richard Michael Mulligan
Ross Jamieson
Icebird left Princes No 1 Wharf at 1710. The voyage to Casey area was rather uneventful and in moderate sea conditions. Ice conditions were bad near Casey. Moo, Thomas and Whitehouse were airlifted for Casey and exchanged for Fletcher, Harrington and O'Connor, who were going to Edgeworth David Base. Because of ice conditions it was decided to abandon Casey and proceed to Mawson ice edge, whwere passengers and cargo were discharged. The to Davis ice edge and back to Casey. Icebird then went to Snyder Rocks to leave fuel for the Edgeworth David party and repair a NDB radio beacon installed the previous year. The coastal route to the Edgeworth Davis area was not possible because of the bad ice conditions so Icebird returned to Casey for backloading and the changeover ceremony. From Casey heavy ice conditions and bad weather were met on the way to the Edgeworth David area and it was decided to abort Phase 1 of the Edgeworth David Program. Icebird left the area and returned to Hobart in moderate to rough following seas.
No reports known - if you know of any, please contact the Data Centre and we can add them.
From | Depart | To | Arrive |
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Hobart | 15-Oct-1986 | Casey | 26-Oct-1986 |
Casey | 27-Oct-1986 | Mawson | 6-Nov-1986 |
Mawson | 9-Nov-1986 | Davis | 15-Nov-1986 |
Davis | 16-Nov-1986 | Casey | 23-Nov-1986 |
Casey | 24-Nov-1986 | Snyder Rocks | 24-Nov-1986 |
Snyder Rocks | 24-Nov-1986 | Edgeworth David | 30-Nov-1986 |
Edgeworth David | 2-Dec-1986 | Hobart | 8-Dec-1986 |
See also List of sitreps - not guaranteed to work as voyage naming conventions are not consistent.
See the 1986/87 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.
No track has been constructed.
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 Name | Observation count | Link to data search form |
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Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean | 1560 | Search |
Activity | Details |
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Wildlife at Sea observations | Observed 28 species from 1616 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations Data from 18-Oct-1986 06:00 UT to 30-Nov-1986 03:00 UT For data quality, methods used etc., see DB_WOV *** at GCMD |
There is no weather data for this voyage.
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.
No Australian Antarctic Science Projects for voyage. See Current and Previous Projects for details on other projects.