Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
16497
Universal time (UTC):
04:15
Australian time (AEST):
15:15
Position:
53° 46′ S, 141° 54′ E
Heading:
On station (Second sediment trap site)
Distance in last 24 hours:
3 NM
Weather conditions:
Cloudy, fine and clear
Air temperature:
3.6 °C
Sea conditions:
Moderate sea, moderate W swell
Sea temperature:
3.3 °C

Comments

After the recovery of the sediment trap mooring there has been a flurry of CTD casts to various depths at this site, high volume pump sampling, bongo net sampling, deployment of profiling sensors, a trace metal cast and deployment of a sediment trap mooring. The instruments in the labs are now running hot analyzing the samples.

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