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The rough conditions continued overnight, making for a very quiet
ship today, with people trying to catch-up on the limited sleep achieved
during the silent hours. Although it has the bonus of keeping the meal
queues relatively short!!
The wind and sea conditions continue to slow our progress, with speed
remaining around the ten knot mark as we track further to the south west to
try and find some shelter from a large low pressure system brewing in the
vicinity of Heard Island. Hopefully we can get into the bottom quadrants of
the system, which will put the wind on our stern and quicken our pace
towards Davis.
In celebration of Australia Day the meat pies made an appearance yesterday
as well as some other beverages for a small celebration last night. Thanks
to Angela for dressing the ship up with an assortment of Australian flags.
By the way, nice hat Ang!!
John K let rip with the first deployment of the Continuous Plankton Recorder
(CPR) of the voyage as the ship passed the 47 degree line of latitude, the
first of about 15 deployments this voyage. Each CPR tow will be for about
350 - 400 nautical miles and is designed to sample the amount and
distribution of plankton and other microscopic organisms in the higher
latitudes. This is a continuance of a data collection series that started in
the early 1990's.
All aboard continue to enjoy the 'Southern Ocean Experience' as well as the
great meals provided by, Kyle and Ken the cooks who are aided by Kate and
Sue who round out the rest of the catering team. If this keeps up the gym
will soon have a few more customers!
Regards
Rob, Simon and George.
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