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Yesterday we moved our working hours to a 9am to 9pm work day to offset the affects of the strong early morning catabatic winds. As a result we had all but 3 cargo loads and the passengers bags completed last night.
Today the weather proved perfect for the biologists trip to Rookery Islands where they need to swap out the memory cards on bird monitoring cameras. The islands are about 18km from the station and need near perfect conditions to take the small IRB's (Inflatable Rubber Boats) to.
There were a lot of envious people watching as they skipped away over the mirror calm waters of Kista Strait.
When the IRB's return we will dance our way amongst the ice bergs, amidst a flurry of snow flakes, for our next visit to Davis; the resupply, refuel, Geoscience Australia and Hydro-graphic Survey, bollard mooring survey and bird bio work complete.
A huge thank you to all the amazing Aurora Australis crew, the outgoing Mawson team and the ingoing Mawson team, for a safe, efficient and professional resupply.
See you soon Mawson!
Cheers
Andy and Misty
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