Antarctic Petrel Observation Notes from Wilkes Station, 1961

1961 field notes document observations of Antarctic Petrels at Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands. The notes were compiled by N.N. Orton, the station's medical officer. The dataset represents a single season of ornithological observation.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of Antarctic Petrel sightings from the 1961 observation notes.
• Correlate bird observation notes with environmental conditions recorded at Wilkes Station.
• Study the behavioral notes on Antarctic Petrels documented by the medical officer.
• Use the location notes from Wilkes Station and Windmill Islands for historical habitat mapping.

Strengths

• Primary source data compiled by the on-site medical officer in 1961.
• Provides a specific temporal focus on the 1961 Antarctic season.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and data volume.
• Data is from a single year and location, limiting generalizability.
• Original data format and structure are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC), sourced from NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Field observations compiled by N.N. Orton, the medical officer at Wilkes Station.

Time Range

1961

Freshness

Historical data from 1961; not updated.

Geography

Wilkes Station and the Windmill Islands, Antarctica.