1997/98 V1 details

General information

Season
1997/98
Voyage
V1
ACE CRC reference name
au9701

Cruise Name

WANDER - Without Aurora's Normal Displays we Embark Regardless

Voyage Classification

Marine Science

Ship

Aurora Australis


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

Leader

Voyage Leader

Sandra Potter

Deputy Voyage Leader

Andrew McEldowney

Voyage Objectives

Marine Science

Voyage Reports

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

Schedule

FromDepartToArrive
Hobart  9-Sep-1997  Macquarie Island  13-Sep-1997 
Macquarie Island  13-Sep-1997  Hobart  22-Sep-1997 

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

See the 1997/98 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.

Voyage track

Spatial bounds of voyage

42° 01.4' S
141° 33.1' E 159° 08.8' E
54° 52.3' 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
Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program 8 Search
Diatoms from SAZ Sediment traps 306 Search
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean 146 Search

Voyage activities

ActivityDetails
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler 47 profiles - Link to data at Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

Data from 17-Sep-1997 03:00 UT to 22-Sep-1997 02:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see adcp - Aurora Australis Southern Ocean ADCP data at GCMD
CTD Bottle Data 10 Stations - Link to data at CTD Bottle Data

Data from 11-Sep-1997 03:49 UT to 20-Sep-1997 20:29 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au97_9801 - Aurora Australis SAZ Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9701 at GCMD
CTD Cast Data 10 Stations - Link to data at CTD Cast Data

Data from 11-Sep-1997 00:00 UT to 20-Sep-1997 00:00 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see au97_9801 - Aurora Australis SAZ Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9701 at GCMD
Sediment traps/grabs used Deployed sediment traps at 5 sites. Details in SAZ PROJECT MOORED SEDIMENT TRAPS: RESULTS OF THE 1997-1998 DEPLOYMENTS Antarctic CRC Research Report No. 15 ISBN: 1 875796 10 X (2000). Traps retreived March 198, 1997/98 V5.

Observers: S Bray, T Trull and S Manganini

Data from 7-Sep-1997 00:00 UT to 10-Sep-1997 00:00 UT
Underway Data & Voyage Tracks 154912 positions recorded. - Link to data at Underway Data & Voyage Tracks

Data from 5-Sep-1997 01:26 UT to 24-Sep-1997 04:01 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see 199798010 - Aurora Australis Voyage 1 (WANDER) 1997-98 Underway Data at GCMD
Whale Survey Data 15 Sightings

Data from 13-Sep-1997 05:07 UT to 21-Sep-1997 06:48 UT

For data quality, methods used etc., see ASAC_915_2253 - Cetacean Sightings Survey and Southern Ocean cetacean program at GCMD
Wildlife at Sea observations Observed 24 species from 160 observations. See Species and observation count - Link to data at Wildlife at Sea observations

Data from 9-Sep-1997 22:40 UT to 19-Sep-1997 06:32 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.

133 The role of the Southern Ocean in the carbon cycle
2253 Southern Ocean cetacean program
2256 Multi-investigator proposal for Subantarctic zone oceanography
2276 Determination of the ultraviolet radiation environment at the Australian Antarctic Stations (Now Project 3106)