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Biology_Log_Wilkes_Ardery_1963

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Citation
Commonwealth of Australia (2015) Biology report for Ardery Island, Wilkes Station, January 1963, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/54DAE47287452, Accessed: 2026-05-13
Title
Biology report for Ardery Island, Wilkes Station, January 1963
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/54DAE47287452
Created Date
2015-02-10
Revision Date
2024-12-10
Expected Date of Data Release
2015-02-11
Data Version
1
Parent record
Biology_Logs_1948_1991

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    Description

    This file contains a biology report from Wilkes station in 1963. The report pertains specifically to a visit to Ardery Island in January, 1963 by F. Soucek.

    The report contains biological observations, as well as an extract from a publication and some hand-drawn maps.

    The observations were made of:

    South polar skuas
    Giant petrels
    Cape pigeons
    Silver-grey petrels
    Antarctic petrels
    Snow petrels
    Wilson's storm petrels

    This is a scanned copy of the original log.

    The hard copy of the log has been archived at the National Archives of Australia.

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    Quality

    Some of the scanned text may be very faint.

    Access

    This log is available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.0
    Southernmost:
    -67.0

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    110.0
    Easternmost:
    111.0

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • Wilkes
    • south polar skuas
    • giant petrels
    • cape pigeons
    • silver-grey petrels
    • antarctic petrels
    • snow petrels
    • wilson's storm petrels

    Locations

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

    Platforms

    • FIELD INVESTIGATION
    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

      None

    Researchers

    • connell, 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=Biology_Log_Wilkes_Ardery_1963 when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA
      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • ENGLISH

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS
      • AMD

      Metadata Revision History

        2015-02-11 - record created by Dave Connell. 2024-12-10 - record updated by Dave Connell to alter the abstract.

      Creative Commons License