– Current Data Recovery Status for meteorology, sea ice, oceanography
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Archive |
Document Types |
Date Range |
Assessed |
Documented |
Imaged |
Keyed |
Processed |
Data Available |
British Antarctic Survey |
Chief Officers’ Logbooks, Sea ice Reports, Ice charts |
1946-1980 |
c |
c |
c |
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Christian Salvesen Archive, Univ. of Glasgow |
Chief Officers’ Logbooks, Catch Books, Oil Books, H-19 Current Reports (USHO), Ice charts |
1932-1959 |
c |
c |
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National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton |
Logbooks of research vessels |
1925-1985 |
p |
p |
|
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UK National Archives, Kew, London |
310 Royal Navy Logbooks |
19th-20thC |
c |
c |
c |
|
|
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UK National Meteorological Archive, Exeter |
Meteorological Logbooks, Form 911, Form 912 |
1850 – present |
p |
p |
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UK National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
Logbooks |
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Archive of Sea Mammal Research Unit, Univ. of St Andrews. |
Catch Books (with and ice met data), reports, field notes, sea ice observations |
1930s-1950s |
p |
p |
|
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|
Scott Polar Research Institute, Univ. of Cambridge |
Logbooks |
1820-1930 |
c |
c |
c |
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|
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G.W. Blunt Library, USA |
Logbooks |
1870s-1880s |
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International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) |
Decks 187 & 761: Japanese whaling ship data (1946-1984) Deck 188: Norwegian factory ship data 1932-39 |
1932-1984 |
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c |
Maury Collection (US & German) |
Logbooks and abstracts |
19thC |
p |
p |
|
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US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington |
US Navy & Logbooks and Hydrographic Records |
1840s-1970s |
p |
p |
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|
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New Bedford Whaling Museum, USA |
Whaling logbooks |
1850s-1950s |
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Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Mass. USA |
Logbooks |
19th -20thC |
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San Francisco Maritime Heritage Center |
Logbooks |
19th -20thC |
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Australian Antarctic Division |
Unknown |
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Clement Wragge Collection, Australia |
Logbooks and abstracts |
19thC |
p |
|
|
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National Archives of Australia |
Logbooks of research vessels |
1940s-1960s |
p |
|
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National Archives of New Zealand |
Logbooks of New Zealand Navy |
1950s-1960s |
p |
|
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Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaíso Chile |
Logbooks of Chilean Navy |
1947-1970 |
p |
p |
p |
p |
|
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Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile, Valparaíso |
Hydrographic records and cruise reports |
1834-present |
p |
|
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Salesian Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile |
Meteorological records and photographs of Patagonian glaciers |
c.1880s-1910 |
p |
p |
p |
|
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Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), Punta Arenas |
Unknown |
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Antarctic Institute Argentina |
Unknown |
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South African Weather Bureau |
Unknown |
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Vestfold Archive, Sandefjord, Norway |
Whaling Logbooks |
1930s-1960s |
c |
c |
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Whaling Museum, Sandefjord, Norway |
Whaling logbooks and other material |
1900-1950s |
c |
c |
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Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø |
Unknown |
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Maritime Museum, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland |
Archive of Gustaf Erikson Fleet |
1872-1947 |
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Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
Logbooks of German ‘P’ Line and others |
19th-20thC |
p |
p |
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