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Reconnaissance of the Balleny Islands

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Title: Reconnaissance of the Balleny Islands

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Abstract:: A reconnaissance expedition took place around the Balleny Islands in the 1963-1964 field season with the objective to examine the four beaches where landings had previously been made and to search for other likely landing places. All of the four previous landing places were examined by helicopter and on two of them landings were made (Borredaile and Sabrina Islands). Gravity and magnetic measurements were obtained on Sabrina and Borradaile Islands at approximately mean sea level. Magnetic measurements were taken in approximately the same position as the gravity measurements. Mammal and bird observations were conducted throughout the entire reconnaissance. Oceanography and marine biology was carried out and was divided into three parts. Firstly, the depths and nature of the sea floor in the vicinity of the islands were determined by continuous echo-soundings. About 300 miles of soundings close inshore provide the basis for the first detailed bathymetry of the islands. Secondly, a number of benthic stations were made on an arbitrarily planned grid. Dredging and trawling was conducted at most stations to determine whether the bottom fauna was entirely Antarctic in composition or whether due to the presence of the Balleny Macquaries ridge, elements of a subantarctic Macquarie or New Zealand fauna were represented in the Balleny Islands benthos. The bottom sediment was described. The principal group of animals collected at these benthic stations were the Echinodermata including Asteroidea (starfish), Ophiuroidea (brittle stars), Echinoidea (sea urchins), Crinoidea (sea lillies) and Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers). Other animals collected were Porifera, Polychaeta, Pycnogonida, Actinaria, Bryozoa and Scleractinia. The third aspect of the oceanographic work was the collection of water samples at two stations to the north and south of the Balleny Islands as part of a survey of patterns of distribution of marine bacteria in the Southern Ocean. A number of heterotrophic marine bacteria were later successfully isolated in the laboratory from these samples.
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Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Dawson, E.W. (comp) 1970 Balleny bathymetry. 1:1 000 000. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute ocean chart series
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hatherton, T. 1964 New Zealand team lands on the Balleny Islands. Antarctic 3(10): 426-428
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hatherton, T. (ed) 1965 Antarctica. Wellington Reed
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Hatherton, T. Dawson, E.W. Kinsky, F.C. 1965 Balleny Islands Reconnaissance Expedition, 1964. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 8(2): 164-179
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: McKnight, D.G. 1976 Asteroids from the Ross Sea and the Balleny Islands. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute records 3(4): 21-32
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: McKnight, D.G. 1976 Echinoids from the Ross Sea and the Balleny Islands. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute records 3(1): 1-6
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Quartermain, L.B. 1963 The Balleny Islands: a descriptive and historical outline. Wellington Antarctic Division, D.S.I.R.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Waterhouse, B.C. 1965 Notable landings on the Balleny Islands. Antarctic 4(3): 121-123
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Robertson, C.J.R. Gilbert, J.R. Erickson, A.W. 1980 Birds and seals of the Balleny Islands, Antarctica. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 1(16): 271-279
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Dawson, E.W. 1964 Antarctic oceanography. Antarctic 3(10): 430-432
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Dawson, E.W. 1965 Oceanography and marine zoology of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic. Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society 12: 44-57

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Beginning_Date: 19640308
Ending_Date: 19640310

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Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 163.3333
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 163.3333
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.9167
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.9167

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD > GRAVITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ECHINODERMS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Theme_Keyword: HELICOPTER
Theme_Keyword: FIELD SURVEYS
Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: SHIPS
Theme_Keyword: FIELD INVESTIGATION
Theme_Keyword: DREDGING DEVICES
Theme_Keyword: ECHO SOUNDERS
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BALLENY ISLANDS
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: T HATHERTON

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: E W DAWSON

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: F C KINSKY

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: This investigation was conducted in the early 1960s and the investigators were unable to be found. All data is in the publications. Any remaining samples and data are held at Te Papa Museum in Wellington New Zealand. For more information, please contact: Pat Brownsey Seniour Curator Natural Environment Te Papa Museum PO Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand Email: PatB@tepapa.govt.nz Ph: +64 (0)4 381 7000 Fax: +64 (0)4 381 7070

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Contact_Organization: NZ/NZAI/ANZ > Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand
Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz

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Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090622

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090630

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CEISHA POIROT

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: c.poirot@antarcticanz.govt.nz

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time