Polar Bird, Wednesday, 21st November 2001
The 60° remaining elusive, as are the icebergs. The day was grey and foggy, with a strong NW wind. Sea, grey and menacing at exactly freezing point. One day is getting indistinguishable from any other with daily routine revolving around feeding times, much like the B grade video cassettes, many of which are getting a second airing. After lunch we watched a strange "safety?" video where scenes from "Das Boot" were grafted onto a Hagglund recovery demo. The Beaver lake group went through a thorough environmental briefing by Chunky, basically a re-write of "how to shit in the woods". The rest of the day went fairly uneventfully. The days were definitely drawing out as we made our progress south.
Position at 22:45 local time (UT +8hr) S 59°39'56" E 107°50'52"
3254km SW of Hobart, (and 1735km ENE of Davis)
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