ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT
GMT DATE: 18 April 2002
METRICS: SS
GMT TIME: 0000 0600 1200 1800
LATITUDE (S): 66'34.3" S 67'24.6" S 67'46.7" S 67'46.7" S
LONGITUDE (W): 68'13.6" W 69'29.6" W 68'57.4" W 68'51.9" W
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C): -0.8 -1.0 1.2 0.8
AIR PRESSURE(MB): 979.2 979.6 982.6 984.7
REL HUMIDITY (%): 76.0 91.0 59.0 67.0
WIND SPEED (KN): 15-20 8 0-5 5
WIND DIRECTION: NE SE ENE NW
SWELL HEIGHT (ft): 3-5 4-6
SWELL DIRECTION: NE SE
SALINITY(PSU): 33.1 33.1 33.1 33.1
SEA SURF TEMP(C): -1.4 -1.2 -1.2 -1.2
VISIBILITY (NM): 5-7 6+ 8-10 8+
CLOUDS (%): 20 40 100 70
SEA STATE: 4-5 2-3
SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS): 1 9 10
NEW & GREY ICE: PANCAKE PANCAKE
GREY-WHITE: BRASH BRASH BRASH
THIN ICE (30-60):
MED ICE (60-120):
THICK ICE (120-200):
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus: BITS
SNOW DEPTH (CM):
ICE PRESSURE:
ENGINES/PITCH: 2/70 2/100 VP VP
(OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)
FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons) 140,370
REMARKS: Arrived Avian Island at 0700 today after a relatively quiet transit. 10/10 pancake ice and brash around the island, so Zodiac operations were extremely difficult but possible. We landed the BG-234-O penguin team and all their equipment, and all aboard by 1300. We have established a daily communications schedule with the shore party, who we will pick up on or about 28 April. We are presently beginning a 100 mile ADCP/HTI survey which we will briefly interrupt with a trawl this evening.
Regards,
Steve
Steven Ager
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org