Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
17277
Universal time (UTC):
04:45
Australian time (AEST):
15:45
Position:
65° 59′ S, 77° 35′ E
Heading:
221
Speed:
11.2 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
90 NM
Weather conditions:
thin high cloud, wind 12 kn at 145
Air temperature:
−2.8 °C
Sea conditions:
smooth sea
Sea temperature:
−0.8 °C

Comments

We continued CTD stations until about midnight last night, when we were stopped from further progress towards the south along 80E by a wide band of very heavy ice. We are now skirting the ice edge to the southwest, looking for a passage through to the south, and hoping to complete the last CTD stations across the continental slope. REGARDS Steve, Mark and Peter

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