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