3/7-15

Position: 82° 14.08' N, 10° 35.3' W, temperature +4 °C, pressure 1023 hPa, wind 2 knots from the WSW. Ice drift 0.1 knot towards the SSE. The azimuth of the hovercraft was determined to 147 degrees from GPS measurements. At 0950 GMT the AWI Polar-5 aircraft was overhead and a brief contact was made. At 1800 hours, the data logging of the radiation flux instrument was terminated, and also for the weather station at 1915 hours (Norw. Summer time). All the equipment were dismantled and packed. Our remaining fuel is 45 liter of gasoline and 1600 diesel including Jet A-1. A polar bear was around in camp all day, being mostly interested in the food storage - had to scare the animal away several times.