We are now headed for our research area at 43°South and 40°East. The ship was doing about 12 knots (nautical miles per hour), but the Captain slowed the vessel to delay our arrival from noon Thursday to Thursday evening as the weather service reported there would be wind speeds up to 40 kts in our research area and 30 foot waves. We have lost four days of research days to the emergency port call, but we still have 28 very excited scientists aboard who can’t wait to start doing science. Henry Dick- Chef Scientist
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