Hello All
Fortunately a high pressure ridged into the area we are making weather conditions favourable for the CTD casts.
The casts themselves are revealing some interesting information with a colder more dense layer of water sitting between 80 and 150 meters below us and then a increase in temperature and from there a gradual, less intense decrease again to the working depth of 500 meters. There are some areas with high productivity and an increase in iron levels and phytoplankton ...or so I have been told. I do not completely understand all of the oceanographic jargon, but I know that the team is working relentlessly on achieving their goals and capturing as much data as possible. I am sure they are looking forward to reaching the ice shelf to get some good sleep...so are we since the CTD arm and winch makes a hell of a racket.
Other than that we are keeping our chins up against the notorious day 40 and will sacrifice a lot in the quest of ground breaking science. All in all a good trip so far with all the objectives met at the required times.
Have a productive start to the week.
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