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Temp: 0.6'C
Neptune is truly looking after us. After battening down the hatches the storm on the satellite imagery turned into 8m swell with a period so large that we gently skated through the seas. The 3am sunrise brought snow petrels and the knowledge that the ice was close.
The ice has rushed to welcome us this year, with scattered individuals followed by lines of curious growlers already flocking to the ship. The fog closed in today and with it a silent blanket of peace descended. One can almost see the ships of distant past sailing on our flank and past souls lost to the seas swirl around us, keeping us safe in our passage to Neptune's domain. Sitting watching the waves through the mist, once could see figures rising and falling, standing to watch us before turning away to be replaced by another.
We lost another UCTD the other evening, a period of mourning followed before we could look towards the sun again. In answer to the question, this affects the entire cruise, however it doesn't affect my project directly. We are having another flown in to us at the ice. What does affect my project is the early presence of growlers. The Fe fish doesn't like these little blocks of ice and had to be pulled onboard before she started fighting with them.
I was pleasantly surprised today. My block of halva turned out to be a block of nougat instead.
The first timers are getting nervous for the initiation which should be in the next day or two.
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