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Unfortunately King Neptune did not have time yesterday to give permission to those who had not travelled below 60 degrees before to enter his realm. He commandeered an unsuspecting person walking through the ship minding his own business to act as his proxy. I must say it is a privilege to be deemed suitable to stand in for His Royal Highness' on such an important occasion. King Neptune did provide 3 of his brightly coloured and suitably attired assistants to help the proxy. It should be said that they were not shy in posing with the inductees for photos.
On completion of the presentation of the anointed ones with their certificates a barbecue dinner was had on the trawl deck. This is one of the most incredible experiences in life and if the weather plays the game it makes it extra special. The sun came out, we have not seen too many icebergs of late but two close icebergs appeared and they made a sensational backdrop.
This morning we have had a number of briefings. Firstly going through the Job Hazardous Analysis (JHA) of the various operations we will be undertaking as part of resupply – these include mooring in Horseshoe Harbour, launch and recovery of watercraft, cargo operations, bunker door operations (the bunker door area is where expeditioners get on and off the ship). These briefings are done before conducting the activity so all involved are well briefed and understand their roles and responsibilities.
We also briefed our expeditioners on the process for getting on and off the vessel into boats. This includes what to wear, putting on life jackets, turning tags on the fire board (indicates whether they are on or off the vessel), how to go down a rope ladder into a boat.
Our top priority is safety and the briefings conducted help us to keep everyone safe whether it be moving from ship to shore or undertaking resupply activities.
We have an underway data system on board provided by the AAD Science Technical Support Section and weather data is one of the data sets provided. I am sitting at my desk watching the air temperature outside the ship slowly dropping. It is snowing and the snow is starting to settle on the cargo.
Cheers
Leanne, Simon and Amy
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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.