9/9-14

Position: 87 21.1' N, 155 10' E, temperature - 9 C, air pressure 1001 hPa, wind 2 knots from WSW. Overcast and white-out. Wind increased to 15 knots during the morning with blowing snow. At midnight, we passed the position where Polarstern dropped us off 9 days ago. Ice walls for the geological sampling area completed. Put out extension cable to rad-flux instrument so the battery is charged every time the generator is run.