25/3-15

Position: 85° 25.3' N, 37° 26' W, temperature - 34° C, air pressure 1009 hPa, wind 1 knots from the N. Ice drift 0.1 knot towards S. Beautiful day, clear sky and calm. By now the lead next to the hovercraft had widened to about 100 meters. The ice activity was very low. Audun took apart the winch to attempt repair, but windings were cut and burnt - a fatal fault. We have another small winch with
only 40% of the capacity of the former. Audun devised a series of pulleys, one being the drum of the damaged winch. This scenario would in theory increase the maximum pull by a factor of six.