Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
17914
Universal time (UTC):
01:00
Australian time (AEST):
12:00
Position:
66° 4′ S, 143° 18′ E
Heading:
Various
Speed:
2.5 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
56 NM
Weather conditions:
Visibility good, overcast, wind 7 kts from 320T with gusts to 10 kts
Air temperature:
−1.0 °C
Sea conditions:
Rippled seas & long low swell
Sea temperature:
−1.26 °C

Comments

The first CEAMARC site took about 20 hours to complete as gear was tested and fine tuned. Each haul of the sleds and trawls is bringing up new and interesting material, a highlight this morning being the first Antarctic record for a particular group of molluscs. Yesterday the first run of the GA underwater video camera allowed us to see what the sea-bed we are sampling actually looks like. It is mostly fine sediment with typical soft sediment animals such as sea-cucumbers and brittle stars, dotted with rocks forming habitat for those species that need something firm to attach to, such as the feather stars. Regards, Martin and Sarah.

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