Metadata details
ais_1970_log
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- Citation
- AADC, D. (2024) Amery Ice Shelf Traverse Daily Log, 1970, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/1xjr-mc45, Accessed: 2026-08-18
- Title
- Amery Ice Shelf Traverse Daily Log, 1970
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/1xjr-mc45
- Created Date
- 2012-06-08
- Revision Date
- 2024-06-03
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
The Australian Antarctic Division carried out a traverse to the Amery Ice Shelf in the summer of 1970. A daily log of the activities carried out was maintained, noting what the traverse team did, and the problems they dealt with along the traverse.
Records for this work have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division. A copy of the log book has been scanned and is available for download from the provided URL.
Logbook(s):
Glaciology Amery Ice Shelf Traverse Summer 1970 - The daily log from the traverse.
Quality
The quality of the scanned pages may vary.
Access
This dataset is publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1970-01-07 - Stop date: 1970-02-12
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
Additional Keywords
- Amery Ice Shelf
- Traverse
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- SURVEYING TOOLS
Researchers
- aadc, data officer (INVESTIGATOR)
- anderson, jason (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=ais_1970_log when using these data.
