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| Discussion
of mooring operations with ship officers (left)
, and approaching the sea ice edge (right). |
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| Weather
is calm and there is a perfect reflection
of sun in the mirror-like water surface. |
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August
10th, Sunday dinner. Traditionally Captain
invites crew officers and the science team
members for the Sunday dinner. During cruise
everybody
will be invited for this event. |
Cruise - 2003 Dispatches
Calendar
Dispatch 03 - August 9-10,
2003
By Andrey Proshutinsky
Steaming to the Beaufort Sea
The sea and weather conditions were favorable with
neither ice nor wind as we left Kugluktuk at 8 a.m.
August 9th. We moved toward the Beaufort Sea at
a speed of about 15 knots, or 17.5 miles per hour.
We were able to keep high speed
on Sunday, August 10th when we met ice and maneuvered
ice fields for the first time. Fortunately, the
sea ice thickness was less than 3 feet.
We were busy both days preparing
for measurements, as well as organizing and planning
the expedition’s activity. Our first scientific
operation is expected to be on Monday morning
at coordinates 71°N and 134°W. We will
recover the Canadian Arctic Basin Observational
System (CABOS) deployed by scientists on our ship,
the Louis S. St. Laurent, in September
2002.
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