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BANZARE_logs

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Citation
Watts, D.J. (2009) BANZARE ship logs and station lists, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/BANZARE_logs, Accessed: 2026-06-06
Title
BANZARE ship logs and station lists
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2009-08-06
Revision Date
2019-04-04
Parent record
None

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    Description

    The British Australian (and) New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers.

    This document describes the ship's log and station list taken from
    Biological Organisation and Station List by T. Harvey Johnston, BANZARE Reports, Series B, Vol I, Part 1, pages 1-48


    Data are stored in an Access database.

    The 5 tables are

    banzare_noon_log_1929_1930 and banzare_noon_log_1930_1931

    noon positions from page 46-47 - assumed log_date is local noon, latitude and longitude in decimals.

    banzare_stations_1929_1930 and banzare_stations_1930_1931

    odate is station date (no time is given)
    depth is echo depth (metres)
    latg and long is refined positions using Google Earth and Kerguelen map on page 14

    full_speed_nets_1930_1931
    log of full sped nets - see pages 40-44;

    time is possibly UTC
    distance is travel of ship when net is deployed
    depth is possible depth of net in fathoms
    tow_speed is ship speed in knots

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    Quality

    Data have been mapped and tracks verified as being consistent. Users should vouch for fine-scale positions such as in the Kerguelen islands area

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -33
    Southernmost:
    -68

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    18
    Easternmost:
    178

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    1 Kilometre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    1 Kilometre(s)
    Temporal Resolution:
    1 Hour(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • BANZARE
    • ships logs
    • Aurora

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • SHIPS

    Instruments

    • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

    Researchers

    • watts, dave (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
    (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=BANZARE_logs when using these data.

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