1992/93 V4 details

General information

Season
1992/93
Voyage
V4

Ship

Aurora Australis


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Not recorded

Voyage Objectives

Mawson / Davis changeover.

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  25-Nov-1992  Mawson  8-Dec-1992 
Mawson  10-Dec-1992  Davis  12-Dec-1992 
Davis  14-Dec-1992  Law Base  14-Dec-1992 
Law Base  15-Dec-1992  Davis  15-Dec-1992 
Davis  16-Dec-1992  Hobart  27-Dec-1992 

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

See the 1992/93 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

44° 34.1' S
62° 05.8' E 145° 27.1' E
69° 12.7' 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 11 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 242105 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 26-Nov-1992 00:00 UT to 24-Dec-1992 00:41 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199293040 - Aurora Australis Voyage 4 1992-93 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 4 species from 11 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Data from 3-Dec-1992 01:34 UT to 24-Dec-1992 00:00 UT

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

7 Distribution, size and dissolution of Antarctic icebergs [observational]
20 High latitude ionospheric sounding [observational]
29 Variations of cosmic radiation [observational]
30 Low energy cosmic rays at Mawson [this project has been incorporated in #29 Variations of cosmic radiation from 2000-01 (DULDIG)]
46 Development of an Automated Penguin Recording System and its Subsequent Use in the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Program
591 Diving Performance of the Adelie Penguin in Relation to the Type of Prey
592 Investigation of Recent Changes to Surface Mass Balance
607 Behavioural Significance of Sound Production in Leopard Seals 'Hydrurga leptonyx'
625 The Use of Chemical Signatures to Monitor 'Phaeocystis' and Determination of Baseline Hydrocarbon Concentrations and Distributions in the Antarctic Marine Environment
640 Phytoplankton Ecology in the Fjords of the Vestfold and Larsemann Hills