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The start of the working week finds us just creeping past the 54th parallel in calm seas. Over the last 24 hours, our course has taken us over a particularly lumpy part of the southern ocean sea floor and, despite the water being up to 4000m deep in these parts, one sea mountain was seen on the echo sounder rising to a lofty 1000m below the keel. There won't be much more of that as we head into the deep waters of the abyssal plain that lies between us and the Antarctic continental shelf. The water has rapidly gotten colder too in the last few hours and is falling as I type, indicating that we are crossing the Antarctic convergence.
Yesterday it came to light that Theo, our physicist enroute to Davis, had misplaced his headband during pre-departure training; possibly while climbing in and out of an immersion suit. The thought of Theo going without his trademark headgear so horrified some of the expeditioners on board that a posse was organised to sift through the immersion suits to find it. So far the chase has been fruitless.
Last night, Officer of the Watch, Marilyn had to exert a considerable degree of self-control to prevent herself from waking the entire ship to see a magnificent green and purple auroral display. A wakeup list has been put together should the display repeat itself tonight.
Speaking of tonight, clocks go back one hour at midnight as we attempt to get our biorhythms adjusted to Davis time.
Lloyd and David
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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.