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3006/2011 (comments: 0)

Busy day

A lot of work today. Besides standard hydrological measurements, the moored current profiler was prepared to work. Unfortunately, we met a lot of sea ice...

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2906/2011 (comments: 0)

Beyond Internet reach

We are missing news from the ship. Let’s hope it will be soon...

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2706/2011 (comments: 0)

Back on the track

We are back on the track. Moving west from the Bear Island shelter, doing one by one hydrographical stations along the H section (73 30.0 N 18 05.1 E - 73 22.2 N, 4 45.7 E) and then down to the south - east along A section (72 42.0 N, 2 39.3 E - 69 44 N, 16 07.3 E).

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2306/2011 (comments: 0)

Waiting for the better weather

So, we waited and waited and waited... However, not so much happened these days - sea state was still above 7 degrees in the Beaufort's scale, what means wind speed over 30 knots and high waves. Even the sailing veterans were forced by 50 degrees rolls to capitulation and some of us even to pay a tribute to Neptune... .

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