2008/09 V3 details

General information

Season
2008/09
Voyage
V3
ACE CRC reference name
au0903

Ship

Aurora Australis


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Rob Bryson

Deputy Voyage Leader

Aaron Spurr

Voyage Objectives

Deploy and Retrieve Personnel - JARE. Conduct marine science en-route along 110E. Deploy and retrieve personnel and fully resupply Syowa Station via helicopter over 40 miles of fast ice. Load RTA cargo. Conduct marine science en-route along 150E.

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Fremantle  30-Dec-2008  Syowa  15-Jan-2009 
Syowa  30-Jan-2009  Hobart  21-Feb-2009 

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

See the 2008/09 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

31° 55.0' S
37° 43.6' E 150° 10.2' E
68° 22.5' S

Voyage Data and Activities

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows - Link to data at Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) tows

Observers: Graham Hosie
CTD Cast Data Deployed 6 CTD casts on the 110 E longitude line. Data with Japanese investigators.
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks Track and air temperature has been loaded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 30-Dec-2008 00:00 UT to 20-Feb-2009 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 200809030 - Aurora Australis Voyage V3 2008/09 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.

7 Distribution, size and dissolution of Antarctic icebergs [observational]
472 Continuous plankton recorder survey [observational]
1302 The carbon cycle in the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean
2152 Conservation of plant biodiversity in Antarctica - a genetic approach
2337 Experimental studies into growth and ageing of krill
2683 Passive acoustic monitoring of antarctic marine mammals
2937 In situ chemical stabilisation of contaminants in freezing ground