5/7-15

Position: 82° 11.50' N, 10° 13.4' W, temperature +1 °C, air pressure 1029 hPa, wind 3 knots from the N. Ice drift 0.2 knot to the SE. Made a CTD cast to 1000 meter depth in the morning. Captain Wunderlich and the Chief Scientist arrived by helicopter at 1045 hours from a position about 11 nautical miles to the south of the ice camp. The purpose of the visit was to gather information about the situation at the ice camp for later consultation with the AWI logistics in Bremerhaven. From our standpoint, pick-up of the cargo would be a great help. The ice camp crew was invited for lunch on Polarstern . The return flight to the ice camp included two persons from Polarstern to assess the amount of cargo to be moved. The estimate was 12 helicopter trips. Later in the evening, we did away with all burnable waste in the camp and made the final preparations for cargo to be moved. A very aggressive polar bear appeared in the late evening, but was chased away.