Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
17253
Universal time (UTC):
04:45
Australian time (AEST):
15:45
Position:
57° 46′ S, 83° 23′ E
Heading:
223
Speed:
5.0 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
30 NM
Weather conditions:
overcast, wind 22 kn from 244
Air temperature:
1.2 °C
Sea conditions:
slight to moderate sea and swell
Sea temperature:
1.6 °C

Comments

The run of extraordinary weather continues. Through excellent work by the ships crew and scientists we have been able to take advantage of the unusually good conditions. We recovered mooring 3 yesterday afternoon, mooring 4 this morning, and are now approaching mooring 5. We also carried out two CTD stations overnight. Mooring 4 was recovered within a few miles of a spectacular iceberg, with a line of blue caves over a wall of water-smoothed ice cliffs and a humpback feeding in the wash. REGARDS Steve, Mark and Peter

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