Well it is 2:30am on August 30th. We leave the final ice station in about
10 hours. I have the 3am ice observation so I am still up. We tried to do
a flight along the flight of a satellite track but bad weather limited this.
However we were very close by and we have data for a flow that is
representative of the region. It was miserable yesterday and today with 20
knot winds (which is like 40km/hr or so, and below freezing. I was out on
the ice for most of the day today and then did this short flight.
Today I did something I normally wouldn't do, I swam in the Arctic Ocean. A
bunch of us scientists went in to the water and then quickly climbed back
out. We did this one at a time, with a rope and had a safety diver nearby.
It wasn't graceful or particularly fun, but I'm glad I did it, even wore my
Canada toque.
Only a few more days and this first cruise is over, then the second one
begins.
Justin
Nice! I'd love to do a swim like that!
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