Amery Ice Shelf Ocean Cavity Measurements

Six scientists spent over a month in the 2003-2004 Antarctic summer drilling through hundreds of meters of the Amery Ice Shelf to study the hidden ocean cavity below. This dataset provides the real measurements collected through the drill hole, enabling students to analyze what lies beneath the ice. Teacher answers are included to support educational use.

Use Cases

• [Teaching oceanographic concepts] based on [real measurements from a sub-ice-shelf cavity]
• [Analyzing polar marine environments] based on [instrument data collected beneath the ice]
• [Developing student inquiry projects] based on [the provided teacher answers and dataset]
• [Studying ice-ocean interaction] based on [drill-hole access to the Amery Ice Shelf base]

Strengths

• Based on a specific, documented field campaign involving six scientists over a month in 2003-2004
• Designed for educational use with teacher answers provided
• Represents rare direct measurements from beneath an Antarctic ice shelf

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as column names, row count, file size, and license are completely absent from all sources
• The dataset's format is unclear beyond being available as PDF or HTML, suggesting it may be a document rather than structured data
• Multiple platform entries show conflicting last updated dates (2026-05-31, 2026-05-06, 2026-04-20), indicating potential metadata management issues

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Field campaign conducted during the summer of 2003-2004.

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict; the most recent is 2026-05-31 01:14:36.721747.

Geography

Amery Ice Shelf in eastern Antarctica.