Friday March 14, 2003
1:43pm
58 26.796S by 62 25.582W
After a few initial glitches, we're making our way across the Drake Passage. After departing Punta Arenas at 10am on Tuesday, we headed northeast through the Straits of Magellan towards the Atlantic Ocean. We then headed south down the eastern coast of Tierra del Fuego before entering the Drake Passage last night around dinner. The seas are relatively calm with a rolling swell.
We are due to arrive at Admiralty Bay, King George Island on Saturday after noon and the science is minimal until then. We've been assisting the Marine Technicians with launching instruments to measure the temperature of the water approximately every 40 minutes during out transit across the Drake. These data are part of an ongoing project to plot the convergence of water masses between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula.
Sarah and Emily