Six GPS data points were collected opportunistically by Alfred Wilklemayer during a one-year expedition to Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica. The dataset records specific locations, including canisters and expedition boundaries, from the year 1997. It is provided by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).
Use Cases
- Map expedition boundaries using the 'Furthest Point In' and 'Furthest Point West' coordinates.
- Plot locations of specific artifacts like the 'First Canister' or 'Third Can/Stick' for site analysis.
- Analyze spatial distribution of recorded points such as 'Frozen Husky Dog' relative to the bay.
- Validate or compare historical Antarctic expedition routes using the provided latitude and longitude data.
Strengths
- Contains 6 precisely recorded GPS points with latitude and longitude.
- Data is temporally specific to a single expedition year in 1997.
Limitations
- Extremely small sample size of only 6 data points.
- No additional attributes or columns beyond identification and position are described.
- Data is over 25 years old and may not reflect current conditions.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).
- Collection Method
- Opportunistically collected GPS points during a one-year expedition.
- Time Range
- 1997
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica.