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We are at Mawson. We are still waiting. The iceberg is still in our way. We’re not finding the iceberg quite as entertaining anymore – frustrating is probably more like it. We are so close . . . Yesterday afternoon we cruised around a bit (while flying cargo and people ashore) and then moved out away from the station back to the ice where we can park and wait for the wind to abate. We have stayed out in the fast ice today, with helicopter operations finished as we have no more cargo accessible to fly ashore – the rest is down in the ship’s hold and we will need the barge to take it ashore. We are all anxiously awaiting an opportunity to get back in closer to Mawson (we are about 9 miles away parked in the fast ice so that we don’t have to cruise up and down as it is too windy to anchor). A number of roundtrip programs have commenced ashore and are making good progress. The need to refuel Mawson and get their cargo ashore is weighing heavily on our minds, but the stars are not aligning for us to be able to complete these tasks at the moment (we need a drop in wind and iceberg out of the way). Cheers, Nicki, Rob and Peter.
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