On Sunday the helicopter flew from Pevek to camp, despite strong winds and low visibility here. It brought two additional science crew members to camp, as well as food and other camp supplies. We said our goodbyes to two of the three ice engineers and one of the DOSECC crew, who boarded the empty helicopter for the return flight to Pevek. Ice flooding has thickened the ice at primary dill site D1 well beyond the requirements for drilling operations safety, but continues at a slower pace until the equipment is ready to be assembled at the site or the ice thickness has reached 200cm. Containers with drilling equipment and supplies continue to trickle into our camp; we now have 9 of the 16 containers needed. We were able to unload and/or move some of the materials that, in turn, allow us to prepare the science container dedicated for multisensor core logging. We have also been making repairs to a handful of equipment that has arrived in camp, to be certain that everything is operational and ready for rig assembly when the remaining containers arrive. The last two days have been clear and calm -- a welcome change after three and a half days of intense wind and low visibility.