Off the Boat
Photo is from two days ago. Got off the boat to help with sea ice sampling. Drilled through 2m of ice, measured salinity, structure, temperature.
Today:
Current Location: lat:-73.6133 lon:-106.7283
Temperature: Around 0C. Going outside in just jeans and a sweater for most photos and a look around. Wearing much more gear when actually spending time working outdoors
We’ve just left the thick sea ice and are now in the open water of pine island bay. Ice coverage is around 10%, small chunks the size of a table, with gigantic tabular bergs every once in a while.
Worked out this morning on the rowing machine. Didn’t seem to help the boat move any faster. We move around 10 knots and stop every three or four hours for a few hours while we deploy stuff, then continue. 10 knots now that we are out of the sea ice, 3 or so when in the ice.
