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Yesterday we continued to creep cautiously through the snow towards Casey, finally seeing the outer islands appear between the ice bergs in the late afternoon. No long afterwards, the coast line came into view and the outlines of a familiar ship appeared through the snow, in the form of the Happy Dragon last seen in Hobart.
It being too late to ring the Casey door bell, we spent the evening making plans and killing time by cautiously mapping the harbour with our multibeam, which may explain to the Casey inhabitants why we were constantly fidgeting about last night and not staying still. This morning, we have extended the map of the Casey approach and found one places where the chart said 200 metres depth while the multibeam says 30 metres. A reminder that these waters are still relevantly unknown even though we've been coming here for a long time.
This morning, we woke to low winds but more of that pesky snow which seems to follow us around. However its OK weather for boating and we launched a PTT (Personnel Transport Tender) into station at 0830 carrying our advance party of refuellers. The watercraft team are heading into station now for training.
It's all about the fuel for the next few days.
Lloyd & Justin
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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.