Report 111 -- Friday, 13 October, 2000

REPORT 111

DATE: Friday, 13 October, 2000

UNIVERSAL TIME: 0500

LOCAL (SHIP) TIME: 1500

AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD/SUMMER TIME: 1600

POSITION: -54 44.9 133 59.3

HEADING: 261

CURRENT SPEED (KNOTS): 7.9

DISTANCE TO NEXT WAYPOINT (NAUTICAL MILES): 1822 to ice edge north of Davis

DISTANCE COVERED LAST 24 HOURS (NAUTICAL MILES): 233

WEATHER CONDITIONS:

AIR TEMPERATURE: 1.6 degrees C

SEA TEMPERATURE: 2.4 degrees C

SEA CONDITIONS: moderate to rough seas with a moderate swell

ICE CONDITIONS: nil

REMARKS:

Field Training has resumed. Initial Planning Meeting for Helicopter Operations held. Ship quiet as expeditioners are working on costumes for Fright Night" for Friday the 13th. No black cats seen yet and we are avoiding ladders.

REGARDS

Suzanne and Gordon