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Another quiet day on passage with preparations for Mawson resupply progressing well. Last night we saw out first regular icebergs and we are now transiting through a scattered field with 10-20 small to medium bergs in sight at any one time. During the hours of darkness the ship is reducing speed to nine knots. This morning at 0800 local we changed out the CPR and are now on tow four, due for recovery tomorrow PM. Also the voyage management team spent the better part of the day working through the refuel rosters, barge and small boat roster and mooring roster. Unfortunately the forecast weather at Mawson for our original ETA is very poor (blizzards, 60 knot winds). This makes things a little tricky as we don't want to be close to Mawson in strong winds, amongst a sea of very large icebergs (there's a reason why the approach to Mawson is called Iceberg Alley!), but on the other hand we don't want to be too much further out in the southern ocean where the seas could be between 10 and 15 metres. Needless to say the captain in considering various options. Tonight we will be having a special occasion to mark the crossing of the Antarctic Circle and to welcome King Neptune and his court of beautiful people to induct those who have not yet made it this far south before into the Antarctic Mariner's Club.
Yours Aye,
Regards
Andy, Sharon and Chris
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