Report 115 -- Tuesday, 17 October, 2000

REPORT 115

DATE : Tuesday, 17 October, 2000

UNIVERSAL TIME: 0500

LOCAL (SHIP) TIME: 1400

AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD/SUMMER TIME: 1600

POSITION: -57 12.76 113 04.16

HEADING: 264

CURRENT SPEED (KNOTS): 7.2

DISTANCE TO NEXT WAYPOINT (NAUTICAL MILES): 1104 to ice edge north of Davis

DISTANCE COVERED LAST 24 HOURS (NAUTICAL MILES): 169

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Cloudy, Fine and Clear with Passing snow showers, wind at 17 knots

AIR TEMPERATURE: -1.0 degrees C

SEA TEMPERATURE: 1.5 degrees C

SEA CONDITIONS: moderately rough sea and

ICE CONDITIONS: nil

REMARKS:

Melissa Giesse spoke on Monday afternoon about her work on the impact of humans on wildlife -excellent background prior to our arrival in Antarctica. The Continuous Plankton Recorder was recovered from the third transect and packed away. It will next be redeployed between Mawson and Heard Island. Two weeks now since our departure and no ice to be seen - not even in our drinks! "When are we going to get there" building to a crescendo. Clocks back one hour tonight.

>Mondays Fuel Figures (1200 local): 1,020,433 litres 

 Regards

Suzanne and Gordon

Gordon conspired with a couple of colleagues and pulled a prank on the officer on the watch -a big bag of ice dangled by rope from the Monkey island down the Bridge windows -our first Iceberg sighting!!!! Filmed by the Geographic team!!!!

Talk to you tomorrow.