Information
Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
19586
Universal time (UTC):
07:00
Australian time (AEST):
18:00
Position:
66° 49′ S, 65° 30′ E
Heading:
Various
Speed:
10.0 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
200 NM
Weather conditions:
Partly cloudy, clear throughout. Wind 5kts from the west.
Air temperature:
−4.4 °C
Sea conditions:
Calm
Sea temperature:
−1.4 °C
Comments
Yesterday we had our first successful demersal trawl. It was quite exciting to see all of the creatures from the ocean floor which included various sponges, fish and other strange squiggly and squidgy beasts (apologies to all the marine scientists out there for my poor taxonomic expression!).
After the demersal we raced back up the final transect of the Mawson box completing a few more target and routine RMT trawls.
We are now about to commence another couple of demersal trawls before beginning the Monolith transect box.
Cheers,
Andy and Simon
Map
A map showing Australia and Antarctica. The map shows the journey of one voyage that has occured in the season, with each route highlighted in a distinct colour.