Report 121 -- Monday, 23 October, 2000

REPORT 121

DATE : Monday, 23 October, 2000

UNIVERSAL TIME: 0500

LOCAL (SHIP) TIME: 1200

AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD/SUMMER TIME: 1600

POSITION: -65 11.44 78 43.87

HEADING: 223

CURRENT SPEED (KNOTS): 8.7

DISTANCE TO NEXT WAYPOINT (NAUTICAL MILES): 46 to thick ice edge north of Davis (246 to Davis )

DISTANCE COVERED LAST 24 HOURS (NAUTICAL MILES): 122

WEATHER CONDITIONS: cloudy, fine and clear

AIR TEMPERATURE: -14.1 degrees C

SEA TEMPERATURE: -1.6 degrees C

SEA CONDITIONS: n/a

ICE CONDITIONS: eight tenths heavily ridged consolidated floes

REMARKS:

All Operational, Environmental and Helicopter Briefings completed for Expos Sunday. Vessel stopped for 5 hours overnight due to darkness and heavy ice conditions. Ops, Environment and Heli briefings for ships' crew completed Monday morning. Field Training this morning included talks by Phil Targett on Antarctic Weather, and by Melissa Giese and Sam Lake on Practical Env1ronmental Considerations at Davis such as Quad routes and waste management. Depending on vessels' progress today -hope to fly to Davis Tuesday afternoon (depending on weather) and the ship should arrive at Davis on Wednesday. 

Monday's Fuel Figures: 839,133

Regards

Suzanne and Gordon