V6 sitrep – Tuesday, 01 April 2008

Information

Vessel:

Aurora Australis

Report (sitrep) ID:

18028

Universal time (UTC):

04:40

Australian time (AEST):

14:40

Position:

62° 14′ S, 139° 51′ E

Heading:

359

Speed:

11.9 kn

Distance in last 24 hours:

100 NM

Weather conditions:

ESE wind 29kn, overcast with light snow showers

Air temperature:

0.7 °C

Sea conditions:

1-2 m sea on a 2-3 m swell

Sea temperature:

1.85 °C

Comments

Now that we are in deeper water, the voyage is settling into more of a routine and giving people a chance to catch up from the busy period over the continental slope. We continue to make excellent progress in good weather conditions. We have completed 4 more deep CTD stations and deployed the trace metal rosette and FRRF. Several humpbacks joined us for an extended visit during a CTD station yesterday. We still have seen little of the sun or clear skies for star-gazing and aurora watching, but snow falling in near-calm conditions provided some atmosphere for last night’s CTD profiles. Cheers, Steve and Deepy.

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