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Yesterday evening, we finally got the southern ocean action that we'd all been craving. As we headed into the low, the swell picked up and we recorded a couple of rolls in excess of 30 degrees. The carefully arranged plans for the Davis resupply ended up all over the Voyage Leaders floor. Not to worry; we've a got a few days to get it all back in order again.
There have been rumblings from the deep and it appears that King Neptune might be stirring in his slumber; either that or he's had one too many cooked breakfasts. A surprising number of people have volunteered to pay homage to the Big Green Guy. We really must look at those pre-departure briefings a little more closely I think.
We are now just creeping up on the same longitude as Casey which is our closest point of civilisation and we will pass about 470 nautical miles to the north in a few hours.
Clocks go back 1 hour tonight; an opportunity to catch up on some of the sleep we missed last night.
George just came down to tell me that a few smaller bits of ice have just been seen. Looks like we've come to the right place.
Lloyd Symons
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