23/12-14

Position: 87° 47.1' N, 72° 30' W, temperature - 34° C, air pressure 1033 hPa, wind 5 knots from the NNW. Ice drift 0.1 knots southeast. Acquiring seismic reflection data all day. Submitted situation report to MASC and FOH at 0354 GMT. First contact with the Orion plane of the 333 Sq. of the Norwegian Air Force at 0954 GMT about 45 minutes out. The plane arrived at 1040 GMT and made 8 passes dropping 16 pieces of cargo, all arriving within the proposed drop zone except two. We had located 15 pieces before midnight.