Saturday, September 6, 2008

22-Feb Ross Sea Closing in - Time To Leave.

22-Feb Ross Sea Closing in - Time To Leave.

The Captain has just decided that we must leave the Ross Sea on Wednesday. At the moment we are in open sheltered sea between the land and the ice pack. The ice pack is starting to close in on us fast and thickening. The sea is freezing fast now.

We don’t want to get caught up and trapped on this wrong side of the pack ice barrier. In the meantime, all the studies are carrying on and we are making the most of the fine spell we now have. It’s strange really; there hasn’t been a storm now for two days. There must be something wrong in the weather patterns.

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