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[[underlined]] Thursday Jan 17/63 -cont'd- [[/underlined]]

The helicopters took off at and returned in highwind @  .Larger machine had difficulty in landing on the rolling ship after deck where helicopters rest was titling from side to side in a rather forbidding fashion. After about the 4th try the men on deck manage to get chocks under wheels and attach several stays or guys. Deck has [[underlined]] look [[/underlined]] of eyes hinged in pockets for securing them. On the third try the helicopter almost slipped backward into the sea. as the men in ^[[insertion]] [[circled]] face of [[/circled]] [[/insertion]] the wind and ships motion could not make contact with the plane fast enough. The two flight over the deck before amounted to little more than "passes" Wind was up to 32 knots at the time or better. Now 6-20 p.m it is blowing harder and snowing. Capt "Mac" thinks it will be too windy for work in and about Margurite Bay, the place we are heading for this minute. Helicopters found the Bay practically ice free so that [[insertion]] s [[/insertion]] where we head first I went to laundry to get shirt then laundry - and did the ship roll, at least 40[[degree symbol]], now at 10 p.m. they have changed to another less rolling course. Things ^[[insertion]] small including wash [[hash?]] [[/insertion]] were all over the deck, laundry in laundry room too, and quite a bit if water came through cracks in ill fitting outer doors. Ships "library" (crews lounge) was just about awash.