Information

Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
21121
Universal time (UTC):
05:30
Australian time (AEST):
16:30
Position:
62° 58′ S, 83° 25′ E
Heading:
248
Speed:
8.9 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
216 NM
Weather conditions:
8/8 cloud / 20 knots 43 deg T
Air temperature:
−4 °C
Sea conditions:
calm in ice
Sea temperature:
−1.8 °C

Comments

Behold the sun. If only for a short moment, yet long enough to enjoy a sunrise and the morning light reflect off patches of water between the ice. And now... visibility is reduced to several hundred metres and again it's snowing. We are making are way steadily through medium pack ice, 0.8 to 1.5m thick at a comfortable 8 -10 knots. The Nuyina showing its prowess in the conditions it was designed for. Our pursuit of ice is taking us towards the Four Ladies Bank, an underwater bank discovered by the Norwegians in 1937. It is supposed that this underwater bank was named after some "incredibly bold and fearless" Norwegian women, who were the first women to set foot on the Antarctic continent and likely also the first women to see Antarctica (and the aforementioned bank) from the air in a seaplane carried aboard their vessel.

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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.

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