890218 SATURDAY

STARTED LOADING NEW CONTAINER OF TRASH TODAY. WORK BEGAN ON FRONT DECK OF BIO. SANDBLASTING AND LOTS OF DUST IN THE BUILDING. CAPTAIN OF THE SALVAGE EFFORT BY THE ARGIES IS LT. CMDR. RUIZ AND CAPT. OF THE YELCHO IS MURPHY. BASE OUT OF POCKET COSTS FOR THE OIL SPILL CREW AND THE DIVERS IS RIGHT AT 9,000 PER DAY. MAKES THINGS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU THINK OF ALL THE TIME LOST DUE TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS HERE. AND THATS NOT COUNTING THE EXPENSES OF THE POLAR DUKE AND CREW TO STAND BY HERE AND DO NOTHING. CAPT. RUBITINO IS NEW SALVAGE COORDINATOR (?) FOR THE ARGIES.