Information

Vessel:
Report (sitrep) ID:
21122
Universal time (UTC):
05:14
Australian time (AEST):
16:14
Position:
65° 20′ S, 78° 46′ E
Heading:
207
Speed:
8.8 kn
Distance in last 24 hours:
205 NM
Weather conditions:
7/8 cloud / 21 knots 303 deg T
Air temperature:
−3.4 °C
Sea conditions:
calm in ice
Sea temperature:
−1.8 °C

Comments

We are making good progress through an assortment of ice conditions. It seems we've seen almost every type of ice during this extended transit towards our proposed location from our official ice trials. From newly formed frazil ice and grease ice, to beautiful interlocking fingers of nilas ice, and then the pancake ice. brash ice and endless floes of varying sizes. We hope to be in the vicinity of the "perfect" ice to conduct our tests by the end of today. Rumour has it that our passage through here may have disturbed some salty, snaggletoothed creatures from the depths and King Neptune may need to step in to sort matters out.

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