Information

Report (sitrep) ID:
20181
Universal time (UTC):
04:54
Australian time (AEST):
15:54
Position:
59° 50′ S, 93° 44′ E
Heading:
278
Speed:
11.9 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
265 NM
Weather conditions:
5/8 CLOUD / 27 knots SW
Air temperature:
−3.6 °C
Sea conditions:
calm
Sea temperature:
−1.8 °C

Comments

At last we can report that we are no longer sailing the 60th parallel as we have encountered ice for the first time which has caused us to deviate slightly northwards to skirt around some light pack. The weather turned snowy overnight making it difficult to spot the growlers so we have been keeping the speed down. The first ice berg was officially seen passing abeam by the officer of the watch at 11:58am yesterday but it was rapidly obscured by a snow flurry and was not seen by very many people. Luckily some more bergs turned up in the evening and we are passing by a few more today.

The Continuous Plankton Recorder was pulled out at 4am due to the increasing ice and we have now completed this program for the voyage. We had an emergency drill on the helideck this morning to give people a small taste of the local weather.

The ship is occasionally shuddering just slightly as we pass through some of the bigger ice patches. Lots of first timers are gaping at the ice bergs and floes while the old timers sit back smug in the knowledge that they ain't seen nothing yet.

Lloyd & Andrew

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