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16 JAN -- Posit 66-28.0S 79-39.0W.  SOA
13.0 kts.  90 bergs.  Enroute Palmer
Peninsula.
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[[circled]] 16 [[/circled]]
[[underlined]] Wednesday Jan. 16/63[[/underlined]]
Temp this a.m 8 a.m. 35° Quite clear warm following sea, good wind from aft. following sea/ sooty Albatross ? Silvergreys [[insertion]] 6-8 [[/insertion]] numerous cape pigeon one or two while I was on deck, and several snow petrels. Walked about a bit. Looked after fish lines, leaders etc for Poblette
Dredge is too big. I asked for 2/3's size
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Not so bright in afternoon as usual started clouding up. Get to Anvers Id area tomorrow nite. I.// Tom Berg wishes to climb mountains - would jeopardize whole trip if something happened Phil Smith put him on, but he is former Wisconsin man.
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Helicopter pilot gave us briefing on survival gear Mae West Vests, floats [[insertion]] & rig [[/insertion]] for hoisting us aboard flares, life raft on which we sit in plane, and how to behave when hits water, or crashes on [[underlined]] land [[/underlined]].
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A note on 15th Jan. Leonard undertook to photo penguin plate in Alexander Oceanic Birds some of bergs photo'd should definite wind sculpturing, like dunes in New Zealand, [[underlined]] Indiana, or Arizona? [[/underlined]] (These last wind sculpture rocks, canyons I have only seen in pictures
Mr. Cunningham Chief Eng  will fix water pipe for tow net