Information

Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
20728
Universal time (UTC):
03:00
Australian time (AEST):
14:00
Position:
59° 51′ S, 108° 4′ E
Heading:
250
Speed:
8.0 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
180 NM
Weather conditions:
10/10 CLOUD / 25-30 kts W / 973 hPa
Air temperature:
0.5 °C
Sea conditions:
3-4 metres

Comments

We woke up to a very foggy day. This unfortunately prevented calling a winner in the iceberg competition. There were two icebergs this morning but they were 6 and 7 miles away and could not be seen by the naked eye which is a key component of the winning guess. With any luck the skies will clear and we will see more icebergs soon and can declare a winner.

In the time of gathering the above information for the sitrep we have passed 60 degrees south. This is pretty exciting as usually around this time we receive a visitor from the deep who controls these waters and approves passage through his kingdom.

Last night a quiz night was held and even though scores varied greatly depending on the category, the overall scores of the five teams was close at the end. The Voyage Leader was a member of the winning team separated by one point from the second team who had the Deputy Voyage Leader as a member. No there were no shenanigans in the scoring – all I can say is that our sports round was great.

Clocks turned back one more hour last night. We are now at UTC +7 and four hours behind Hobart and 2 hours ahead of Mawson.

Cheers
Leanne & Matt

Map

180° 170°W 160°W 150°W 140°W 130°W 120°W 110°W 100°W 90°W 80°W 70°W 60°W 50°W 40°W 30°W 20°W 10°W 30°E 40°E 50°E 60°E 70°E 80°E 90°E 100°E 110°E 120°E 130°E 140°E 150°E 160°E 170°E 80°S 70°S 60°S 50°S 40°S 30°S 20°S 10°S 0°N 10°N 20°N 30°N 40°N 50°N 60°N 70°N 80°N Casey Davis Mawson Macquarie Island Heard Island Fremantle Hobart

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.

on