1998/99 V2 details

General information

Season
1998/99
Voyage
V2

Ship

Polar Bird


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Not recorded

Voyage Objectives

M, D & C Summer In, Long Fly-off

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  12-Sep-1998  Mawson  4-Oct-1998 
Mawson  7-Oct-1998  Prydz Bay  9-Oct-1998 
Prydz Bay  21-Oct-1998  Casey  30-Oct-1998 
Casey  4-Nov-1998  Macquarie Island  13-Nov-1998 
Macquarie Island  13-Nov-1998  Hobart  16-Nov-1998 

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

See the 1998/99 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 57.2' S
63° 21.0' E 147° 28.3' E
66° 16.8' 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 1161 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 477353 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 10-Sep-1998 11:50 UT to 9-Nov-1998 10:12 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199899020 - Polar Bird Voyage 2 1998-99 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 20 species from 1177 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Data from 16-Sep-1998 00:00 UT to 15-Nov-1998 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]
989 Environmental effects on the growth and productivity of sea ice algae