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Yesterday afternoon saw us hit the major milestone of completing our cargo discharge, and today we completed half of the remaining major task - refuelling. We need to pump approximately 250,000L of fuel ashore and the count was 110,000L when we packed up the gear tonight.
Tomorrow will be a bit like groundhog day on the ship in many ways. More weather forecasts, more refuelling, more lashing cargo, more preparation for the remaining resupply tasks and for our Macquarie Island personnel onboard there is more time to be filled in before they can return to their families and friends. These expeditioners have been helping us out with many tasks around the ship which all helps us keep the resupply operation moving forward.
On the island handovers are continuing between the outgoing and ingoing personnel, in between their roles on resupply and refuelling work rosters. Out here on the ship today the King Penguins were displaying their prowess in the water, taking advantage of the ship being at anchor and having still water to play in rather than the thruster wash that surrounds us while we run cargo. Their crazy antics kept many of us amused during the hours on deck monitoring refuelling.
Cheers, Nicki & Sharon
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