One of the camp bulldozers has cleared the snow cover from approximately one third of the ice surface at the drilling location D1. A mobile trailor, called a balok, has been prepared for positioning at D1. This will remain onsite for emergencies and also for defrosting the ice-flooding equipment and personnel who expect extended hours, once the ice flooding commences. The following day all personnel were confined to base camp duties. This was due to extremely high velocity wind and the accompanying reduced visibility, sometimes limited to 100 meters. The snow clearing operation will continue once this weather front has abated.