Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
18663
Universal time (UTC):
08:00
Australian time (AEST):
19:00
Position:
67° 9′ S, 61° 59′ E
Heading:
110
Speed:
0.5 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
28 NM
Weather conditions:
winds west at 13 knots. Clear sky and sunshine.
Air temperature:
−13 °C
Sea conditions:
N/A
Sea temperature:
−1.7 °C

Comments

We started ice breaking early this morning in a polynya north, north
west of the station. The ship has to stop each time we change a shipping
container at the "ready slot" where a team of expeditioners and crew
unload the cargo manually onto pallets, forklift it down the side of the
vessel and prepare it to be flown ashore either inside a helicopter or
as a sling load.

Each time we ram the ice we manage to break approximately one ship
length, it takes about five minutes to back up, power forwards, come to
a halt having broken the ice and back up again. Only another 700 rams to go!

Cheers
Margaret, Andy and Kate.

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