Information

Vessel:
Happy Diamond
Report (sitrep) ID:
20967
Universal time (UTC):
05:00
Australian time (AEST):
16:00
Position:
68° 34′ S, 77° 58′ E
Heading:
0
Speed:
0.0 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
0 NM
Weather conditions:
Wind NE 5kts, cloudy, blue sky with a few clouds in the distance
Air temperature:
−2.7 °C
Sea conditions:
Swell 0m, wave 0m, calm, mostly open water
Sea temperature:
0.5 °C

Comments

We finished discharging cargo yesterday with a total 539,737kg delivered to Davis. There is a wonderful sense of satisfaction to have delivered 100% of the cargo which enables the sustainment of the station for another 12 months. We hear the radio calls and can see from the ship the hive of activity going on at the station putting containers in their allocated locations or unloaded as necessary. Refrigerated containers set at -18 degrees and +4 degrees have been unpacked into the freezers and fridges on station plus the dry food unpacked and put into their storage locations.

We started to load RTA (return to Australia) cargo onto the Happy Diamond yesterday afternoon and are continuing loading this morning.

Another cracker of a day for cargo operations. Prydz Bay is calm and remains ice free so no annoying ice floes getting in the way of the watercraft which have a straight line between ship and shore.

Cheers
Leanne and Jacob

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