Amery Ice Shelf Ocean Cavity Data From 2003-2004 Antarctic Expedition

Educational materials from a 2003-2004 Antarctic expedition that drilled through the Amery Ice Shelf to study the underlying ocean cavity. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, includes HTML and PDF files describing the findings and providing student activities with teacher answers. It enables the use of real data to explore the sub-ice environment.

Use Cases

• Teaching oceanographic concepts based on data from a sub-ice shelf environment.
• Developing educational modules on polar science based on the expedition's findings.
• Analyzing real-world scientific expedition data for student projects.

Strengths

• Data originates from a specific scientific expedition during the 2003-2004 Antarctic summer.
• Includes teacher answers to support educational use.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Data collected via instruments lowered through a drill hole in the Amery Ice Shelf.

Time Range

Summer of 2003-2004

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 18:56:14.620176; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Amery Ice Shelf, eastern Antarctica