Date Location Title
May 8, 2000 Punta Arenas, Chile
53o 10 minutes south & 70o 54 minutes west.
 The adventure begins
May 9, 2000 Punta Arenas, Chile
53o 10 minutes south & 70o 54 minutes west.
 Training
May 11, 2000 Heading north up the Straits of Magellan
 Leaving Punta Arenas
May 12, 2000 AM 55 o 07 S & 64o 50 W
 Start of the Night Shift
May 12, 2000 PM 57o 10 S, 62 o 24 W
Pushing South
May 13, 2000 AM
 60o 9 S, 59o 03 W
 Seasick
May 13, 2000 Noon 60o 45 S, 58o 19 W
 No Icebergs
May 14, 2000 1 AM 62o 49 S, 57o 03 W
 Mother's Day -- Drake Passage
May 15, 2000 AM --- --- --- --- Prince Gustav Channel
May 15, 2000 PM 64o 38 S, 58o 47 W
 Weddell Sea
May 16, 2000 AM 64o 52 S, 60o 01 W
 Winter Sunrise
May 16, 2000 PM 64 o 46 S, 60o 07 W Breaking First-Year Ice
May 17, 2000 AM 64 o 46 S, 60o 29 W Dredging the sea floor
May 17, 2000 PM 64 o 45 S, 60o 29 W Katabatic Winds
May 18, 2000 AM 64 o 43 S, 60o 03 W Core Processing
May 18, 2000 PM --- --- --- --- Deep Basin Mapping
May 19, 2000 AM 64 o 43 S, 59o 55 W Enroute to Station 16
May 19, 2000 N --- --- --- --- Update from Dave Carlson '01 and Marika Geertz '01
May 20, 2000 AM 64o 45 S, 60o 18 W Blizzard
May 21, 2000 AM --- --- --- --- Busy Night/Special Ceremony Planned
May 21, 2000 PM --- --- --- --- Graduation in the Antarctic
May 22, 2000 AM 64o 50 S, 60o 21 W Met Screen and Minus 54 o F
May 22, 2000 PM News from Courtney Zimmer '00
May 23, 2000 AM Moving North
May 23, 2000 PM 64o 39 S, 58 o 55 W Video System Deployment
May 24, 2000 AM --- --- --- --- Dawn
May 25, 2000 AM 64o 01 S, 58 o 29 W Satellite Image
May 25, 2000 PM --- --- --- --- Mount Wild
May 25, 2000 PM --- --- --- --- Processing grab sampler
May 26, 2000 AM 63o 58 S, 57 o 40 W On shore
May 26, 2000 PM --- --- --- --- James Ross Island
May 27, 2000 PM 63o 42 S, 57 o 13 W Coming to the end
May 28, 2000 --- --- --- --- End of Science
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May 29, 2000 AM Headed North
May 29, 2000 PM 58o 27 S, 60 o54 W Leaving the land of the Ice Dragons
May 30, 2000 PM 55o 05 S, 64 o52 W Land Ho!
May 31, 2000 AM 53o 29 S, 66 o46 W Almost there!
May 31, 2000 PM Nearing the end
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June 1, 2000 AM Final Sunrise
June 1, 2000 PM Going Ashore
June 2, 2000 PM End of the Cruise