3/12-14

Position: 88° 36.6' N, 84° 08' W, temperature - 23° C, air pressure 1038 hPa, wind 28 knots from ESE. Ice drift 0.3 knots towards west. A new crack has opened 0.5 meter half- way between the new and old camp area. The thermistor string is now 7 meters from the major zone of ice ridging and we mounted an attempt to get it out. Drilled a hole next to the frozen in upper chain and was able to hook on to it and recover the 300 meter string safely. Lost the weight at the end because of a corroded shackle. Will await instruction on how to download the data before redeployment. Moved 6 Zarges boxes of food from the old camp to the new.