Four historical documents chronicle Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1911 to 2000. The collection includes a winter expedition list spanning 46 years, an aviation timeline, and master event timelines compiled by AAD librarians. These documents were authored by expedition members and librarians, with the latest update recorded in the year 2000.
Use Cases
- Analyze the frequency and composition of winter expeditions from the 'Winter expedition list' spanning 1948-1994.
- Trace the development of Antarctic aviation using specific events and dates in the 'Aviation timeline' from 1911-2000.
- Identify key milestones in Australian Antarctic history by querying significant events in the 'Master timeline' covering 1929-1994.
- Search for specific topics or news items within the 'Index of ANARE News' for the period 1988-1995.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal range of 89 years from 1911 to 2000 across its documents.
- Compiled from primary sources like ANARE News and ANARE Club documents by expedition participants and official librarians.
Limitations
- The 'Aviation timeline' document contains noted comments on missing or suspect information, indicating potential data gaps.
- All documents are static with the latest update in 2000, making the data temporally stale for contemporary analysis.
- Unknown row counts and file formats limit immediate assessment of data volume and structure.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC) via NASA's Earthdata platform.
- Collection Method
- Authored and compiled by ANARE participants (Max Corry), librarians (Evlyn Barrett), and researchers (Gordon Bain, Annie Rushton) from club documents and news publications.
- Time Range
- 1911 to 2000, with individual documents covering specific ranges like 1948-1994 or 1929-1994.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Australian Antarctic territory and related operations.