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A great day yesterday with a huge effort by the LARC crew, ship and station teams to keep moving cargo in the wind and rain. By the end of the day we had moved all the heavy items unable to be lifted ashore by helicopter, leaving only cage pallets and fuel drums to go ashore. A good number of cargo items bound for Hobart were also returned to the ship. The low cloud persisted all day so no flying was possible. Today we stacked the deck early and both helicopters flew off the loads and returned homeward bound ones to us in a very quick operation. Some down island loads were also delivered and retireved by the helicopters as part of the field hut resupply. The wind has risen again this afternoon, as forecsat by the BoM, so we are back to doing cargo by LARC with fuel drums now going ashore from the ship. The BoM is providing specialist forecasts for us and they are proving very useful and accurate for planning our operations. The plan for this afternoon is to keep moving cargo by LARC, or helicopter if the weather allows. "Vsekh blag do zavtra" Robb and Andy.
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A map showing Australia and Antarctica. The map shows the journey of one voyage that has occured in the season, with each route highlighted in a distinct colour.