DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998062315 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Post ,M.J. Date: 1998062315 Time: 1500 Z Submitted at: Tue Jun 23 13:44:58 US/Eastern 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 77 deg 43.1 min N/ 167 deg 30.6 min W ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 5.2 nm @ 299 deg ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -1 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and radar: n/a ceilometer: n/a lidar: n/a RADAR ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR n/a ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 010.2 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 14 kts @ 080 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Visual Observations ------------------------------------------- Lead Report ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status all normal ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status Helicopter on site ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status No Ultralight status ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air Communication VHF/AM 121.5/126.7 and 2582 KHz Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land Communication HF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Yesterday the helicopter pilot found a Comments and Mission 12-foot tree trunk (spruce?) on top of a Recommendations nearby floe. Speculation is that it entered the arctic gyre 5-10 years ago from the McKenzie River. ------------------------------------------------------------------------