Weather has been a bit hoary but we worked on our big ice floe station for a few hours yesterday. We're going out again this morning, hopefully for most of the day. Winds are down to about 25 knots and the temperature is around -10C, with a wind-chill of -35C. We are now at 70deg24min south, 94deg07min west (i.e., just off eastern end of Thurston Island in the western Bellingshausen Sea).
We are drifting (really cruising) at about 0.6 knot to 1 knot westward, and should enter the eastern Amundsen Sea perhaps by the end of the week. We hadn't planned on going there after the delays because of the fire, but it now looks like we'll get to spend some time there anyway.
Yesterday, some emperors and one Adelie penguin investigated us and we saw a minke whale in a narrow lead between two floes last night. There will likely will be some seals out today if it warms a bit more. -bs
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