21 March 2014 | 53 54.7'S:067 45.9'W, Beagle Channel
05 March 2014 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.6'W, Lockroy
04 March 2014 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.6'W, Lockroy
03 March 2014 | 65 06.5'S:064 04.4'W, Pleneau
28 February 2014 | 65 03.9'S:064 01.9'W, Port Charcot
23 February 2014 | 64 49.5'S:063 29.6'W, Port Lockroy
22 February 2014 | 64 49.5'S:063 29.6'W, Port Lockroy
20 February 2014 | 64 49.5'S:063 29.6'W, Port Lockroy
20 February 2014 | 64 49.5'S:063 29.6'W, Port Lockroy
14 February 2014 | 64 49.5'S:063 29.3'W, Port Lockroy
12 January 2014 | 64 49.2'S:063 29'W, Port Lockroy
27 December 2013 | 64 49.2'S:063 29'W, Port Lockroy
23 December 2013 | 64 49.2'S:063 29'W, Port Lockroy
20 December 2013 | 64 49.2'S:063 29'W, Port Lockroy
26 November 2013 | 60 15.9'S:065 54.7'W, Drake Passage
23 November 2013 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.6'W, Jougla Point, Port Lockroy
16 November 2013 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.6'W, Jougla Point, Port Lockroy
13 November 2013 | 64 49.4'S:063 29.7'W, In the fast ice, back bay Port Lockroy
11 November 2013 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.8'W, Half a mile from Port Lockroy
07 November 2013 | 64 49.7'S:063 29.8'W, Half a mile from Port Lockroy
Across the Convergence
26 January 2011 | 150 miles NNW of Coronation Island
Chris
We crossed the convergence sometime on the evening of the 25th, marked by a rapid cooling of the sea and air temperature. The air temperature is now hovering around 1.5 degrees Centigrade. The variety of bird life continues to increase as we head south with more prions and storm petrels around the boat today. We also had Hourglass dolphins with us, on and off, for much of the day.
A couple of people are still a bit seasick but most of the documentary crew are feeling ok now and getting their appetites back. Skip cooked a soup for lunch and I invented a kind of gratin with onion, peppers and potatoes layered together with a cheese sauce and baked in the oven for dinner that turned out surprisingly well even if I say so myself.
We should make landfall tomorrow night but are unlikely to make it to our first anchorage the British Antarctic Survey's base on Signy Island until sometime on the 28th.
Today has been a day of dull grey skies but a nice steady 20 to 25 knots of breeze. Yesterday afternoon saw us putting in a couple of reefs as the wind and seas built but apart from a little trimming of the sails there have hardly been any changes today. The sea is quite confused so we have occasionally 'greenies' coming aboard . At least the decks are well washed ! The breeze has generally been more westerly even with a little south south westerly in it and this has pushed us a little to teh east of our intended track. We'll probably still go around the western end of the islands and then east to Signy but will decide in the morning whether go east about or not.
Right now it is 2:30am on the 27th and just starting to get light outside. Neil and I are on watch and all is quiet on board.
More tomorrow, hopefully with land in sight.