Wildlife on Voyage

Observations of seabirds, whales, and seals were made by observers on Australian Antarctic ships from 1977 to 2006. This dataset comprises a total of approximately 170,000 observations of 130 different species. These observations provide a three-decade history of seabird activity in this region of the Antarctic.

Example observation sheet

Example observation sheet
for seabirds-at-sea

The dataset can be downloaded in its entirety here.

Further details on this data set can be found in the metadata record.

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