Position: 88 58.7' N, 111 31.1' W, temperature <- 40° C, air pressure 1017 hPa, wind 13 knots from NNW. Ice drift 0.2 knots towards east. Shooting seismic reflection all day. The diesel generator had a cracked fuel line which needed repair at 0400 hours. The air compressor is struggling as the pre-heating is getting marginal at these low temperatures

Position: 88 57,9' N, 113 58.4' W, temperature - 37° C, air pressure 1016 hPa, wind 6 knots from N. Ice drift 0.1 knots towards east. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Deployed the rock dredge, water depth 1485 meter. Unfortunately, Kevlar had been paid out too fast as it hit bottom and the cable got caught by the teeth of the dredge and it was pulled with the front facing backwards. Fired up the second oven in the rear of the hovercraft cabin to increase the temperature in the floor heat radiators.

Position: 88 57.55' N, 115 06.1' W, temperature - 35° C, air pressure 1015 hPa, wind 2 knots from NNW. Ice drift 0.1 knots towards northeast. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Deployed the corer below the level of the unconformity. Found core catcher missing upon recovery. Serious winch problem as the Kevlar has worn a groove in the POM capstan from friction heat and the extra turns of cable on the capstan refuse to move sideways. Took four hours to get the corer up. Solved the problem by turning the winch 180 degrees and the groove moved out of the critical area.

Position: 88 57.0' N, 115 58' W, temperature - 27 C, air pressure 1015 hPa, wind 2 knots from NNW. Ice drift 0.1 knot towards east. Checked radiation flux instruments. Radiation sensors are fine, sun time and IR skin temperature detectors completely covered with frost. Took sun time detector inside to thaw out. The weather station sensors were also completely covered with frost.

Position: 88 56.2' N, 117 47.8' W, temperature - 27 C, air pressure 1016 hPa, wind 16 knots from the N. Ice drift 0.1 knots towards east. Shooting seismic all day. We are passing 1800 meter water depth on our way up the slope of Lomonosov Ridge. The ice drift is very slow as it takes 16 minutes to move the 25 meter between each seismic shot.

Position: 88 53.8' N, 120 18' W, temperature - 23 C, air pressure 1016 hPa, wind 10 knots from NW. Ice drift 0.1 knots towards northeast. Cleaned the deck area and put the cover over the insulation mats over the cabin part of the hovercraft superstructure.

Position: 88 52.7' N, 121 48.7' W, temperature - 18 C, air pressure 1015 hPa, wind 3 knots from ENE. Ice drift 0.1 knots toward east. Shooting seismic reflection all day.

Position: 88 53.1' N, 122 55' W, temperature - 19 C, air pressure 1019 hPa, wind 8 knots from SE. Ice drift 0.4 knots towards southeast. Shooting seismic reflection all day. Recovered the rock dredge at 0200 hours. The dredge contained two small rock pieces, most likely glacial erratics. We drifted out of the canyon during the evening. Dropped the corer on a ledge in 2930 meter water depth and recovered 1 meter of brown mud, probably all recent sediments. Submitted and uploaded via internet the final revision of our paper to Journal

Position: 88 53,8' N, 124 32.7' W, temperature - 19 C, air pressure 1024 hPa, wind 9 knots from E. Ice drift 0.2 knots towards east. Shooting seismic reflection all day. We are moving along the lower slope and start crossing a canyon. The rock dredge is out.