We didn’t manage to get into Signy before nightfall due to the slow navigation through the ice. We went straight to the site of the scientific glider and spent the day doing some expanding box plots on DP, that was unsuccessful. The other BAS ship, JCR will pick up the glider during the week.
The trip from the Southern Orkneys to the Faulklands has been fairly uneventful, although the ship has been in thick fog for the entire time, sea state has been slight /moderate.
We will be alongside in Stanley for 6 days, taking on bunkers (fuel), discharging the waste from Halley and mobilising for the charter.
The ship will be on charter for approximately 3 weeks, in a location North of the Faulklands, taking seabed samples.
It will be a glimpse into the work that this ship undertakes in the North sea in the summer, something cadets don’t normally get to experience and I’ll be able to start logging time on the DP desk.
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