Latitude: 68° 51.046' N
Longitude: 56° 50.554' W
Conditions: As good as it gets! (Calm, clear and no wind)
We should be at NL_22 within the hour and by noon today (September 18th) we should be finished the Northern Line and beginning our steam south towards Sisimiut to drop off the mooring team. We will then head even further south to begin work on some other (yet to be determined) sections.
The weather has been absolutely fantastic, in Arctic terms anyway. The coastlines, icebergs, seabirds and sunrises have made the trip fly by so far. Speaking of birds, the next post will be by Holly Hogan, an Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Service "birdiologist". OK, birdiologist is not her official title, but it seems to have become the affectionate nickname given by the crew for those who identify and enumerate sea birds/mammals during transits between stations. I've sailed with Holly before on the Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program missions and she's a woman of many talents. In addition to her "birdiologist" skills, she's a Body Flow instructor and an accomplished musician (new CD coming out. Plug plug!). She makes her home in St. John's Newfoundland and we're glad to have her on board with us.
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