18/9-14

Position: 87 21' N, 168 04' E, temperature - 5 C, air pressure 1015 hPa, wind 20 knots from SSE. Ice drift 0.4 knots towards ENE. Wind increased with gusts reaching 35 knots at 1500 hours and drifting snow, but came down to 18 knots one hour later. Later wind speeds about 20 knots. Removed ice from the radiation flux instruments twice during the day. Covered the new generator room with a tarp and tore down the old small shed.