Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
19830
Universal time (UTC):
01:37
Australian time (AEST):
12:37
Position:
58° 22′ S, 102° 14′ E
Heading:
272
Speed:
13.4 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
264 NM
Weather conditions:
Mostly cloudy / 15 knots NE
Air temperature:
−1.2 °C
Sea conditions:
Calm, light swell
Sea temperature:
−1.2 °C

Comments

Well, last night, we finally got the payoff as we came across a scattered ice field south of latitude 58. The bridge was jammed packed with sightseers after dinner as a large twin peaked ice berg appeared to our south. In her capacity as Officer of the watch, Marilyn decreed that it passed abeam at 7:59pm (UTC+10) which meant that Jane was declared the winner of the iceberg sweep.

We are continuing on through open water on a westerly course. Today, we will be passing about 400 miles north of the Shackleton ice shelf. Sea conditions are calm and there is still the odd ice berg about. Plenty of expeditioners are up and about.

Never have so many pictures been taken of such small pieces of ice. Well; not since my first trip anyway.

Lloyd and David

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