Daily Reports

Position: 85° 32.6' N, 38° 16' W, temperature - 30° C, air pressure 1028 hPa, wind 6 knot from the NW. Ice drift 0.1 knot to the SE. The solar eclipse was hidden by clouds in the beginning and partly covered during the last phase. Shooting seismic reflection all day, but has to stop at 2300 hours due to leaking air gun. Audun changed memory card on the radiation flux instruments. Hauled buoy #2 and two 70 Ahr car batteries out to the buoy site 1.7 km out, but unable to connect up in the cold.

Position: 85° 37.7' N, 39° 45' W, temperature - 36° C, air pressure 1039 hPa, wind 7 knot from the WSW. Ice drift 0.2 knots towards SE. Shooting seismic reflection all day.. Checked radiation flux instruments and weather station - cleaned IR sensor. Audun placed bathymetry buoy # 3 outside for testing with 12 volt supply.

Position: 85° 41.3' N, 40° 21' W, temperature -28° C, air pressure 1022 hPa, wind 3 knots from the W. Ice drift 0.1 knot towards SE. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Large lead opened about 500 meters away to the north of us.

Position: 85° 47.4' N, 42° 05' W, temperature - 31° C, air pressure 991 hPa, wind 10 knots from the N. Ice drift 0.1 knot towards S. Shooting seismic reflection all day. White out and blowing snow. The friendly crack about 55 meter from the craft separating the thermistor string from the rest of the camp widened yesterday to 3 meter and has now narrowed to about 2 meter. It runs 8 meter from the thermistor string and 20 meter from the radiation-flux instruments. The first Jet-A1 drum of fuel for 3 stoves lasted for 11 days.

Position: 85° 42.6' N, 40° 40' W, temperature - 28° C, air pressure 1015 hPa, wind 7 knots from the W. Ice drift 0.2 knot to the E. Shooting seismic reflection all day. We are getting sporadic strong chirp signals disturbing our seismic records. Checked radiation flux instruments - cleaned IR sensor. The crack has closed with minor shear movement. Audun positioned an idling wheel in front of the hovercraft to prepare for pulling out of the snow pit. Spent the day cleaning snow around the hovercraft.

Position: 85° 48.3' N, 42° 03' W, temperature - 31° C, air pressure 1011 hPa, wind 2 knots from the S. Ice drift 0.1 knot to the SE. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Checked radiation flux instruments and weather station and removed snow and frost. Audun went and brought back bathymetry buoy # 3 for check.The crack near the thermistor string has widened to 3 meter

Position: 85° 48.9' N, 42° 12' W, temperature - 29° C, air pressure 1012 hPa, wind 1 knot from the NW. Ice drift 0.0. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Checked radiation flux instruments and cleaned IR (up) and sun time sensors. More work on moving fuel. The fuel consumption needed to get the data acquisition going is a growing concern.

Position: 85° 50.3' N, 42° 35' W, temperature - 26° C, air pressure 1008 hPa, wind 12 knots from the NW. Ice drift 0.2 knot to the E. The sky was clear and we saw the sun for the first time this year. The whole disc was a already a couple of degrees above the horizon. Its presence sure makes a difference. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Audun made a ski trip to the nearest bathymetry buoy 1.7 km out for a check on functionality.

Position: 85° 52.2' N, 43° 01' W, temperature - 24° C, air pressure 1006 hPa, wind 16 knot from the NW. Ice drift 0.3 knots towards SE. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Checked radiation flux instruments and weather station - all OK. Moved fuel from storage towards camp by pumping and moving bladders in relay. Cleared snow from the skirt.

Position: 85° 59.6' N, 43° 41' W, temperature -21° C, air pressure 997 hPa, wind 14 knots from the NW. Ice drift 0.3 knot towards SE. White-out all day. About 10 cm of snow the last 24 hours. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Checked the radiation flux instruments and sensors were fine.