Hello All
Our passage to Akta yesterday was without any major challenges. The crossing the line ceremony was completed during the afternoon, with many quite delighted that it is over and done.
We rang end of ice passage as we made our visual landfall of the Northern Angler at Akta Bay last night at 20:00. We scouted the shelf and compacted sea ice around it and decided to run stand-by for the night.
The Polar Stern was kind enough this morning to break up some of the heavier ice to allow us a easier passage to our intended discharging position on the ice shelf before settling in for a discharge position of her own. We entered the compacted strip of ice skirting the shelf and went up to the shelf with a bit of effort, but it was short lived as we realised that we would not be able to stem the heavy stream of ice flowing past the ice shelf like a river.
We then exited the ice and headed to the eastern side of the bay where we fought through some ice to get to a shore lead and some good bay ice to stick our nose into. For now this will be our haven as we sit around the table to discuss our options.
Have a good start to the week.
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