Position: 87 31.5' N, 175 26' E, temperature - 8 C, air pressure 990 hPa, wind22 knots from E. Drifting snow. Ice drift 0.4 knots towards NNE. Wind speeds 30-33 knots in the afternoon and evening. Started preparations for seismic reflection measurements. The compressor needs to be pre-heated and an insulated enclosure had to be made. Worked on getting the data logging system up and had support from Bergen via Iridium to tackle computer communications port allocation issues. Audun worked all day securing the tarp over the ice hangar.

Position: 87 25.9' N, 173 44' E, temperature - 10 C, air pressure 1004 hPa, wind 15 knots from SE. Ice drift 0.4 knots towards NE. Finished the last wall of the bath room and with that all ice hall construction work is finished. Drifting snow and 15-20 knot winds all day. Checked Met.no radiation flux instruments for ice twice during the day.

Position: 87 25.3' N, 171 49' E, temperature - 7 C, air pressure 1007 hPa, wind 7 knots from WSW. Worked all day securing the tarp. Checked radiation flux instruments twice and removed ice.

Position: 87 26.5' N, 171 36' E, temperature - 8 C, air pressure 1030 hPa, wind 4 knots from S. Worked on putting a tarp over the 80 square meter main hangar. We were pleased with the result. Checked radiation flux instruments for ice twice.
Our drift

Position: 87 26.2' N, 171 10' E, temperature - 5 C, air pressure 1030 hPa, wind 2 knots from the S. Ice drift 0.1 knots towards NE. Worked on ice walls for the wash room. Checked radiation flux instrument three times for ice.

Position: 87 23.8' N, 169 45' E, temperature - 6 C, air pressure 1021 hPa, wind 10-14 knots from SE. Ice drift 0.3 knots towards ENE. Started cleaning up after the snow storm. Prepared and moved the hovercraft out of the hangar by using the winch. Pumped fuel from 3 fuel bladders into the long range tanks of the hovercraft, put the bladder on deck and moved to the vicinity of the hangar where the fuel was pumped back into the bladders. Moved 1 ton at a time. The parking stand inside the hangar had sunk and needed to be padded with more 2"x4".

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.

Position: 87 20' N, 164 13' E, temperature - 14 C, air pressure 1020 hPa, wind 8 knots from SE. Ice drift 0.2 knots towards East. Two walls on the wash room nearly completed. Moved the generator into the new generator room. Winds increased during the evening and by 1800 hours we stopped because of blowing snow.

Position: 87 21.1' N, 163 50' E, temperature - 10 C, air pressure 1018 hPa, wind 7 knots from SW. White-out. Ice drift 0.2 knots due East. North and east wall of storage room completed.