Ice flooding at drill site D1 has completed, with the most recent thickness measurements showing 195 cm of ice on the pad. This amount is much more than needed for safety during the remainder of our expedition, and of course the ice will continue to thicken naturally over the coming weeks and months. Recent measurements on the ice road to the drill site show that the thickness has increased by 10 to 20 cm during the past month (from ~100 cm in January to 120 cm yesterday). Ice monitoring for thickness, quality, temperature, and freeboard will continue throughout the remainder of the project. Shipping containers with drilling equipment and supplies have continued to arrive at our camp via overland convoy from Pevek, with 13 of the 16 containers now present. We have inventoried equipment and arranged materials in these containers, and at present the bulldozers are towing everything to the drill pad. We plan to begin platform assembly today, and (weather permitting) we hope to finish construction in one to two weeks.