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The ship remains on its North-Easterly course, making good progress now that both engines have been engaged for this leg of the journey home.
A Sunday tradition, those onboard the Aurora have enjoyed an excellent Sunday roast lunch. The mess is a little quieter since this morning however, when we began to hit some ocean swell.
The watercraft operators have done an excellent job collecting and stowing their gear, leaving the E-Deck conference room as good as new and the Heil sea ice observation project, involving volunteers taking shifts to observe sea ice conditions and thickness from the bridge at regular intervals has also wound up.
On this, a belated word of thanks to the Bureau of Meteorology and specifically Jan who, since prior to the ship departing Hobart (and on every voyage during each season) has been providing us regular, timely sea ice imagery and analysis. This resource is exceedingly important in informing the master's intended course in order to avoid concentrations of sea ice, and to exploit possible leads in the ice that will aid our passage through it, often saving us days in delays, and sometimes longer.
Regards,
James, Anthea & Gemma.
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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.