Report 138 -- Thursday, 9 November, 2000

REPORT 138

DATE: Thursday, 9 November, 2000

UNIVERSAL TIME: 0400

LOCAL (SHIP) TIME: 1200

AUSTRALIAN EASTERN STANDARD/SUMMER TIME: 1600

POSITION: -52 56.539 73 11.13 

HEADING: 75.7

CURRENT SPEED (KNOTS): 14.5

DISTANCE TO NEXT WAYPOINT (NAUTICAL MILES): 18.23 to Atlas Cove

DISTANCE COVERED LAST 24 HOURS (NAUTICAL MILES): 270

WEATHER CONDITIONS: cloudy, overcast and clear

AIR TEMPERATURE: +0.4 degrees C

SEA TEMPERATURE: +1.4 degrees C

SEA CONDITIONS: slight sea and slight to moderate swell

ICE CONDITIONS: nil

REMARKS:

Continuous Plankton Recorder retrieved from final transect at 810. Sailed by McDonald Islands this morning -excellent cloud-free visibility from 0930 to about 1030. Sailed to 4 nm (to point where soundings end). Steam seen 'puffing' strongly from one major point and a few smaller ones!! A good morning for Kodak!! Sked with Heard Island this morning, expect to arrive at Atlas Cove at about 1300.

Regards

Suzanne and Gordon

Five and a half weeks since we left Hobart. Time has flown and yet it hasn't.