Information
Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
17855
Universal time (UTC):
04:00
Australian time (AEST):
15:00
Position:
62° 3′ S, 124° 25′ E
Heading:
040
Speed:
11.0 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
186 NM
Weather conditions:
overcast, wind 14 kts from 174T
Air temperature:
−4.4 °C
Sea conditions:
2 m westerly swell
Sea temperature:
−1.6 °C
Comments
We are steaming NE, but much to our surprise we have only just reached the ice edge, which is more than 1 degree of latitude further north that we expected. This indicates that the swell we experienced yesterday had penetrated more than 150 nautical miles south of the ice edge. We have conducted a number of RMTs on the way north, once with the camera rigged to the net, and another one at our present ice edge location. Everything is battened down ready for the crossing home. Regards, Tony, Dave and Petra.
Map
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