Hello all
Yesterday and this morning we remained in the claws of quite a nasty easterly gale. To make matters worse the storm broke away large pieces of bay ice from Admiral Byrd Bukta which came screaming past us on their way to the west. This combined with poor visibility made life interesting on the bridge for us.
The wind eased about 5 knots through the night and should dissipate slowly as the day progress. Tomorrow morning at day break we should be ready for the fuel pumping operations and perhaps be able to fly some of the pax off to SANAE.
The temperature is expected to drop below -10°C tomorrow morning with the wind slowly veering around to the South bringing in the colder air over the continent. The report from the SANAE base is that the sky is slowly clearing and the winds easing to around 16 knots at 06:00 this morning.
Hold thumbs for our operation tomorrow and hopefully my next noon report will carry a bit more progression.
Have a good mid week.
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