Where is RRS Ernest Shackleton?
As this week’s page is limited in size due to lack of time (due to handover period and getting back into the job following our leave period) I have added below a few links that may prove interesting to those who follow our progress. They will be added to the ‘weather’ section above in future weeks and amended appropriately as we head north in April. Both RRS Ernest Shackleton and RRS James Clark Ross send in regular weather updates, referred to as OBS, and these are sent via satellite to The Bracknell Weather Centre. From there they are then distributed worldwide and following a lot of searching, I have found a site (OceanWeather) that produces a map showing the vessel’s position. In effect these positions are updated every six hours, although there are times when a vessel may not be able to send in a weather report, either due to being in port or being restricted due to navigational duties. To use the the OceanWeather site, the vessel’s callsign will be required as it is this that is
