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Jan 10 contd. 11 1963
There has been a steady procession of icebergs past us both sides all day long We do not have gear or time to stop them. Some are the typical table top (flat-top type) characteristic of Antarchi Bergs, others pinnacled and often only irregular masses of ice.
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11 JAN -- Posit 65-31.8S 133-26.0W. SOA 12.0 kts. Small belts of pack ice at 64-48S 134-00W. Proceeding in open water on course 130 deg T. 170 bergs last 24 hrs.
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Jan 11- 1963
-Friday-
Inspection of quarters this [[strikethrough]] morning [[/strikethrough]] noon at 1:30 p.m. //
All morning were passing through ice patches, larger and smaller pcs, and, few ice burgs going by all day - quite a sight, snow off and on decks have patches of it here tonite at 10 p.m. Really it is 11 oclock because we moved our clocks ahead another hours. I failed to do it last nite, and thinking I had an hour to spare went out on the deck to watch the ice go by. [[insertion]] and so missed breakfast [[/insertion]] To tell the truth, we are passing the ice, but it is [[strikethrough]] [[whit?]] [[/strikethrough]] what seems to be going by. Through these mile, hours of drifting ice they steer by the engines first one & then the other, or, one faster than the other instead of with the wheel. Now an then there is a real bump or

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I got a little confused on some parts because the handwriting was a little hard to read. - Agreed! He certainly has his more obscure moments!