Aurora Australis Voyage 4 (SEXY) 1997-98 Underway Data

Published: 1999-10-07

This dataset contains the underway data from the Aurora Australis Voyage 4 (SEXY) 1997-98. This voyage was a part resupply/changeover, part seal survey cruise, which visited Casey, Davis, Mawson and Macquarie Island. Underway (meteorological, fluorometer, thermosalinograph and bathymetry) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (see URL given below). Documentation on data quality and instrumentation are available via the Related URL section. The following scientific objectives for the voyage were listed in the Voyage Leader's Report: 1) Undertake the seal survey marine science program between Casey and Davis. 2) Transfer summer science personnel to Beaver Lake in support of the Prince Charles Mountain Program from Sansom Island.