Friday, December 31 



Weather 



Conditions 



(Daylight) 



Air: Low-to-medium visibility. Snow. Medium west winds 



at 15 knots. 

 Sea: Two-foot waves. Three- to 6-foot swells. 



Avgo Merchant Bow, bearing 140°, holed with 20-mm cannon fire to prevent 



drifting and remove navigation hazard. 



USCG 

 Operations 



USCGC Spar, Burning experiment. Sample of slick obtained, 



Overflights 1254: PA-23. Drift cards and dye markers, 

 1530: H-3. Buoy deployed on "pancake." 

 HU-16E mapping. AMSI overflight. 



NOAA/USCG 

 SOR Team 

 Operations 



Personnel aboard HU-16 and H-3. Begin whale watching. 



Other 

 Operations 



Ship Cruises USCGC Spar. 



Spill Leading edge further than 140 miles out from Argo Merchant 



Characteristics location in general southeast direction. 



Coordination 

 Meetings and 

 Briefings 



1000: Secretary of Transportation press conference. 



11-19 



