1996/97 V4 details

General information

Season
1996/97
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

Ross Jamieson

Deputy Voyage Leader

Phil Wood

Voyage Objectives

C, M, D Changeover, C Resupply

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  9-Dec-1996  Mawson  22-Dec-1996 
Mawson  25-Dec-1996  Davis  29-Dec-1996 
Davis  29-Dec-1996  Zhong Shan  30-Dec-1996 
Zhong Shan  30-Dec-1996  Sandefjord Bay  30-Dec-1996 
Sandefjord Bay  31-Dec-1996  Davis  31-Dec-1996 
Davis  1-Jan-1997  Mirny  6-Jan-1997 
Mirny  7-Jan-1997  Casey  11-Jan-1997 
Casey  15-Jan-1997  Macquarie Island  21-Jan-1997 
Macquarie Island  21-Jan-1997  Hobart  24-Jan-1997 

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

See the 1996/97 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 52.7' S
61° 51.5' E 165° 00.0' E
81° 54.7' 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 976 Search
Whale log - observations from ANARE voyages 27 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 396082 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 4-Dec-1996 00:00 UT to 25-Jan-1997 23:59 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199697040 - Aurora Australis Voyage 4 1996-97 Underway Data at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 47 species from 1028 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Data from 10-Dec-1996 01:14 UT to 23-Jan-1997 04:02 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.

3 Glaciology of the Hinterland of the Lambert Glacier Basin
13 Human interaction with the antarctic environment
59 ANARE mapping and geographic information program
133 The role of the Southern Ocean in the carbon cycle
472 Continuous plankton recorder survey [observational]
760 Geoscience Australia geomagnetic and seismological observatories [observational]
951 Research in natural freeze-drying technology for the preservation of historic Antarctic buildings
963 Initial pilot study: the feasibility of shipboard experimentation in the study of copepod feeding and faecal production