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Location: 63 58.254 S, 57 45.537W
Temperature: -3 C
Herbert Sound
The Palmer sailed again last night in the high seas and ice of Erebus and Terror Gulf, against fierce winds gusting up to 60 knots. There was no reward for the bravery and persistence. She reached the destination in the early morning hours only to find thick ice and more strong winds that render coring at the proposed sites near Seymour Island impossible. There was no time to get crestfallen. It was decided to sail toward Prince Gustav Channel and to attempt drilling at one of the alternate sites in Herbert Sound.
Our luck finally changed. The sea ice opened, winds subsided, and the sun appeared behind the low clouds. Some of us woke up to a glorious morning in Herbert Sound. We gathered again on the bridge to behold some of the most breathtaking landscapes of the Antarctic: Vertigo Cliffs, Keltie Head, and Cape Lamb on Vega Island, and Lachman Crags and Dobson Dome on James Ross Island. They are cliffs and imposing pinnacles that cause vertigo as much because of their height and abrupt drop to the icy waters of the sound as because of their beauty. The color scheme of these landscapes is simple: mostly whites and blues and their splendor are often derived from this effortless simplicity.
Those who are partaking in the "Antarctic photo-safari" had more opportunities to get their trophy shots of seals, penguins, and whales.
As soon as we arrived at our destination in Croft Bay of Herbert Sound, our drillers were anxious to resume our scientific mission and started stringing pipe. It will take this time 359 m of pipe to reach the ocean floor. The first 20 meters of core will give us a compressed record for the Holocene period. The ten meters of the core that will follow will be older then 65 million years and tell a story from the Cretaceous period of Antarctica. I am hoping for a dinosaur bone.
Alex Injac
 Microwave Ice Image for the Weddell See and the Palmer's course
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