2007/08 V2 details

General information

Season
2007/08
Voyage
V2

Ship

Aurora Australis


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Mr. Don Hudspeth

Deputy Voyage Leader

Mr. Anthony Hull

Voyage Objectives

DAVIS RESUPPLY Deploy & retrieve personnel

Comments

Deploy and retrieve personnel. Davis SAB and full resupply. Deploy 2 x AS350BA helicopters

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  20-Oct-2007  Casey  30-Oct-2007 
Casey  1-Nov-2007  Davis  9-Nov-2007 
Davis  16-Nov-2007  Hobart  3-Dec-2007 

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

See the 2007/08 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 50.6' S
64° 00.6' E 147° 44.9' E
68° 34.5' 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 1690 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows Number of segments = 358 - Link to data at Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows

Data from 25-Nov-2007 07:32 UT to 30-Nov-2007 21:08 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see AADC-00099 - Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Records at GCMD
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks Some data still be loaded (GPS, TSG, bathymetry) - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 18-Oct-2007 00:00 UT to 3-Dec-2007 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 200708020 - Aurora Australis Voyage V2 2007/08 Track and 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.

40 The role of antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms
187 Icesheet-atmosphere interaction and surface climatology of interior Antarctica [observational]
472 Continuous plankton recorder survey [observational]
674 Dynamical coupling in the Antarctic middle atmosphere
701 Long-term monitoring of the mesopause region via hydroxyl emissions at Davis
1164 Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf
1300 Development and application of technologies for the removal of heavy-metal contaminants from run-off associated with abandoned waste disposal sites
2400 Subsurface investigations of Marine Plain
2516 Glacial Isostatic Rebound in East Antarctica
2592 Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle
2665 Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) Methodology for Selective and Spatially Discriminating Binding of Metal Ions
2668 Investigations of the Antarctic Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere using satellite data
2683 Passive acoustic monitoring of antarctic marine mammals
2722 Predator research survey and monitoring in support of CCAMLR's management of the krill fishery
2783 Dome A Terahertz Observatory (DATO)
2788 Analysis of East Antarctic drainage basins with altimetric, interferometric, gravity and GPS techniques to determine their state of flux
2899 Metagenomics of Antarctic Lakes: a Model for Defining Microbial Biogeochemical Processes in the Cold
2909 IPY: Coordinated Research into Antarctic Calving (CRAC) - Amery Ice Shelf component
2919 A broadband seismic experiment to image the lithosphere beneath the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica.
2933 Developing water and sediment quality guidelines for Antarctica: Responses of Antarctic marine biota to contaminants.
2952 Spatial variability in polar soil ecosystems: An integrated study of genes, microbial biodiversity and landform evolution as a baseline for monitoring climate change