ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT

GMT DATE:              16 April 2002

METRICS:               SS

GMT TIME:                   0000          0600          1200          1800

LATITUDE (S):            66'37.5" S    66'47.1" S    66'30.3" S    66'38.8" S
LONGITUDE (W):           67'25.1" W    67'37.8" W    67'33.7" W    67'28.1" W

WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C):            0.7           0.5           0.0           -1.2
AIR PRESSURE(MB):          978.9         977.5         974.4         972.1
REL HUMIDITY (%):           97.0         101.0                       102.0
WIND SPEED (KN):             23          25-30           10            20
WIND DIRECTION:              NE           ENE           ENE           ESE
SWELL HEIGHT (ft):                                                    1-3
SWELL DIRECTION:                                                       NW
SALINITY(PSU):              33.1          33.0                        33.1
SEA SURF TEMP(C):           -1.4          -1.5                        -1.5
VISIBILITY (NM):            3-5           1-2                          15
CLOUDS (%):                 100         100/SNOW                    100/SNOW
SEA STATE:

SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS):           2             2                           5
NEW & GREY ICE:                                                        1
GREY-WHITE:                  1             1                           1
THIN ICE (30-60):
MED ICE (60-120):
THICK ICE (120-200):                                                  BITS
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus:          1             1                         BERGS
SNOW DEPTH (CM):
ICE PRESSURE:

ENGINES/PITCH:              2/20           OS                         2/60
                     (OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)

FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons)             145,280

REMARKS: Our circumnavigation of Laird Island was cut short by consolidated sea ice, so we spent the night doing acoustics and CTDs, looking for potential Krill swarms. The seal team (BG-232-O) sampled and tagged another Crabeater at first light today. Fraser's group (BG-234-O) sampled two more Adelie penguins, hopping onto a small floe and netting the birds, then working them up in the Zodiac. We will alternate 10 meter and one meter MOCNESS tows tonight, and tomorrow transit to Avian Island vicinity around Adelaide Island to the West.


Steven Ager
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org