V2 sitrep – Thursday, 12 January 2017

Information

Vessel:

Aurora Australis

Report (sitrep) ID:

19909

Universal time (UTC):

01:00

Australian time (AEST):

12:00

Position:

67° 40′ S, 146° 38′ E

Heading:

105

Speed:

5.0 kn

Distance in last 24 hours:

118 NM

Weather conditions:

South east 5kts of wind, mostly clear skies.

Air temperature:

2 °C

Sea conditions:

Calm

Sea temperature:

0.18 °C

Comments

We arrived in the Ninnis Polynya in the early hours of the morning and
made our way to the far western corner.

This part of Antarctica is rarely visited, with just one record of a
visit by ship that we are aware of, the US Palmer visiting and taking a
sediment sample in 1979.

We are working our way east stopping to do CTD's every few miles, often
within a mile of the coast, where glacial ice falls to the water broken
by steep dolomite cliffs. The sea has been mirror calm for much of the
day. All very picturesque.

We plan to leave here tomorrow and begin our journey home, stopping for
one last ice station and transect of CTD's on the way.

Cheers

Andy and Mike

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