Scroll back through my journals and have a look. There was a special sighting of bears on Easter Sunday. Two bears advanced directly to the parked Healy and remained long enough for an extraordinary photo session. The helicopter reconnaissance flight yesterday evening located a level ice floe suitable for a test. The evening was occupied by intake of data as the Healy steamed at 4.66 knots through 138 centimeters thick ice at 28,700-shaft horsepower in a series of full power tests.
Today is another bright and sunny day.
Our periods of darkness are becoming shorter, the air dryer. The ship's doctor, CDR Barbara Schoen, is increasingly dealing with complaints relating to the effects of low humidity on the body. Chief Henrickson kindly requested a humidity reading from Coast Guard meteorology for me today. When I discussed this information with the Chief and shared it with others, it was a bit surprising to us that our humidity is this high. In reality it feels much drier.