Antarctic and Southern Ocean Historic Data

– 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

 

 

 

Christian Salvesen Archive, Univ. of Glasgow

Chief Officers’ Logbooks, Catch Books, Oil Books, H-19 Current Reports (USHO), Ice charts

1932-1959

c

c

 

 

 

 

National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton

Logbooks of research vessels

1925-1985

p

p

 

 

 

 

UK National Archives, Kew, London

310 Royal Navy Logbooks

19th-20thC

c

c

c

 

 

 

UK National Meteorological Archive, Exeter

Meteorological Logbooks, Form 911, Form 912

1850 – present

p

p

 

 

 

 

UK National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Logbooks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Scott Polar Research Institute, Univ. of Cambridge

Logbooks

1820-1930

c

c

c

 

 

 

G.W. Blunt Library, USA

Logbooks

1870s-1880s

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

c

Maury Collection (US & German)

Logbooks and abstracts

19thC

p

p

 

 

 

 

US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington

US Navy & Logbooks and Hydrographic Records

1840s-1970s

p

p

 

 

 

 

New Bedford Whaling Museum, USA

Whaling logbooks

1850s-1950s

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Mass. USA

Logbooks

19th -20thC

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Maritime Heritage Center

Logbooks

19th -20thC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Antarctic Division

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clement Wragge Collection, Australia

Logbooks and abstracts

19thC

p

 

 

 

 

 

National Archives of Australia

Logbooks of research vessels

1940s-1960s

p

 

 

 

 

 

National Archives of New Zealand

Logbooks of New Zealand Navy

1950s-1960s

p

 

 

 

 

 

Museo Maritimo Nacional, Valparaíso Chile

Logbooks of Chilean Navy

1947-1970

p

p

p

p

 

 

Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile, Valparaíso

Hydrographic records and cruise reports

1834-present

p

 

 

 

 

 

Salesian Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile

Meteorological records and photographs of Patagonian glaciers

c.1880s-1910

p

p

p

 

 

 

Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), Punta Arenas

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antarctic Institute Argentina

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South African Weather Bureau

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vestfold Archive, Sandefjord, Norway

Whaling Logbooks

1930s-1960s

c

c

 

 

 

 

Whaling Museum, Sandefjord, Norway

Whaling logbooks and other material

1900-1950s

c

c

 

 

 

 

Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maritime Museum, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland

Archive of Gustaf Erikson Fleet

1872-1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)

Logbooks of German ‘P’ Line and others

19th-20thC

p

p