Raw multibeam bathymetry data collected in the wider polynya area around the Mertz glacier, East Antarctica on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov during the austral summer of 2016/2017 as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Data file(s): lineYYYYDDmonHHMMSS.xse File header: These data files are produced by Elac/SeaBeam. Details of their structure can be found in this documentation: Data files can be read with MB-System (Caress and Chayes, 1993).