For a while we dwelled outside the river Lena; the sea water temperature peaked at 7°C and we even had a little convection with a few rain showers; not very Arctic Ocean. Otherwise the weather has been rather boring; not much wind, which is good, but a lot of clouds and fog (see photos), which is somewhat depressing. The forecast seem to indicate a little windier conditions for a few days, but in the ice that doesn't matter all that much.
It has been hectic several days with numerous stations for sampling water and sea floor in the hunt of - among other things - methane. The meteorology program (ACSE), has a different and more continuous pace and keeps ticking on as planned; right now most measurement systems seem to work (knock on wood!).
Oden 2014-07-27
Michael Tjernström
Department of Meteorology
Stockholm University