Saturday 6 March 2010

Saunders Island on route to Montevideo

Photo: Saunders Island which is one of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic

We are presently passing South Sandwich Islands on James Clark Ross undertaking a swath bathemetry survey, on route to Montevideo. Passage plan amended to allow for Sandwich Island survey. Montevideo on DST; GMT-2 until 0200LT on 14th then GMT-3 It was great to see the first bit of land in several months!

Latitude: 58 09.3 S
Longitude: 25 45.5 W
Bearing: 122 °T, 420 Nm from King Edward Point
Course Made Good var °T
(1) Destination 1: Montevideo
(1) ETA at 11.79 knots is 09:00 on 13 March 2010
(2) Destination 2: NONE
(2) ETA at knots is 00:00 on 01 January 1998
Distance Travelled: 287 nautical miles since noon yesterday (05/03/10)
Total Distance Travelled: 1136 Miles since leaving Brunt Ice Shelf
Steam Time: 24
Total Steam Time: 97.4
Average Speed: 11.96
Total Average Speed: 11.66
Wind: Direction SW, Force 5
Sea State: Moderate
Air Temp: 0.9 °C Sea Temp: 2 °C
Pressure: 1006.1 Tendency: Rising

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