Yesterday was a ripper but had a bit of a slow start as my day was due to start at 17:00 with a helicopter flight out to Zhong Shan the Chinese base to drop off some BBQ gas fittings, Sansom Island where there is an Australian Melon Shelter and fuel depot, on to the Amery where the AMISOR drilling project was running to drop off cheese, newspapers, extra sleeping bags and a bannana cake! Really we were there to go and survey the next drill site with a couple of the team members. After the all clear it was back to the base finising by 02:00 for a late dinner.
Although I did go out on the sea ice monitoring program to have a look at the progress of the deteriorating conditions. Here is one of the guys pulling out the 2 meter long drill bit. You can see some water coming out with it. Funilly enough there are also krill coming out in this spout of salty water. It does stop and settle down but looks good when it first happens.
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