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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
Expected Date of Data Release
2024-06-03
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    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    Records for this work have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division.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.

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    Quality

    The quality of the scanned pages may vary.

    Access

    This dataset is publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -68
    Southernmost:
    -74

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    65
    Easternmost:
    74

    Science Keywords

    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.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • CEOS
      • AMD
      • AMD/AU
      • ACE/CRC

      Metadata Revision History

        2012-06-08 - record created by Jason Anderson. 2012-12-06 - record updated by Dave Connell for ANDS compliance (added Investigator). 2018-04-12 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2024-06-03 - record updated by Dave Connell to add scanned copies of the data.

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