A science party has gone ashore via Zodiac to service a GPS instrument mounted on rock. They made shore about an hour ago, and have just reported by radio that they found the instrument and will be another 3 or 4 hours until they return.
Smith Island is most impressive from any angle.
Huge faces of dark stone, volcanic I imagine. But covered by snow and ice. The summit is mostly shrouded in blowing snow and clouds, but it peaks out every now and then. I look and wonder if it has ever been climbed, and am told that it was. Just 6 years ago and for the first time, a pair of New Zealanders made the ascent.