More splicing this morning, the weather has settled, we seem to have missed the deep depression that was forecasted (so far.....) sea temperature has dropped 5° and the air temperature is about the same. It is predicted that tonight we will pass through what is called the Antarctic Convergence, sea temperature drops instantly. It is where the two currents meet, that of the Antarctic and southern oceans. Sometimes there is a wall of fog, upon passing through the other side of it; you are in Antarctica with ice, etc. The ship has three ultra bright search lights that are controlled from the bridge to search for Ice at night; they will be used tonight and from here on.
Noon Pos: 47° 18’ S 008° 22’E
Tomorrow we are doing another hour on the clocks which will bring us back to GMT, which is what Halley base operates on.
On Monday, the watches are changing in preparation for the ice. The Capt and Chief Officer go back to back 0600-1800, the 2nd and 3rd mate are back to back 1200-0000. The two deck cadets will stick with the 2nd or 3rd mate for a week then swap over.
The reason for doubling up on the deck officers on watch is because in the ice, it is all hand steering. We each take and hour of steering, one hour of lookout and one of hour of doing the other necessary jobs on the bridge.
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