Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Deck Department, Crew Journal

March 9, 2010
BEST 2010 Science Deployment
The weather was still somewhat foul last night, but not quite as hazardous so most members of the crew got a little more sleep. We reached ice late in the evening. Deck force spent the day breaking ice off the railings and all over the ship. The ice had accumulated from the spray as temperatures dropped during our northward transit. Since the ice adds a lot of weight, and is unevenly distributed, it has to go.

We made it through the Unimak Pass and are now in the Bering Sea. As I am writing this we are going through the ice and except for the grumble of the engines down below you almost wouldn’t know we were at sea. It is a pleasant change from the last few days’ wild ride.
~SN Klineburger

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