21/2-15

Position: 86° 23.5' N, 47° 54' W, temperature - 27° C, air pressure 1009 hPa, wind 16 knots from the W. Ice drift 0.4 knot to the SE. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Continued testing the small 800 W generator. Started preparations for jacking up the hovercraft to get out of the snow drift. The hovercraft has been sitting on two 2" x 2" planks since beginning of December and held up very well. This is in strong contrast to what we experienced in September and October where the keel was constantly sinking in the relatively warm ice. However, on the outside about 0.5 meter of snow has by now accumulated on the starbord side and 1.5 meter on the port side.