Rothera Diary — January 2013
28 January, 2013 BAS Bloggers
After a long, but good journey, from The Netherlands our group arrived January 10th safe and sound at Rothera. The first sight was of stranded icebergs in North Cove blindingly …
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Rothera Diary — August 2012
20 August, 2012 Dale Sewell
…Sledge echo sledge echo, this is Rothera do you copy… August kicked off with a week of night watch duties, well welcomed after a hectic month on the jazz drumming …
Rothera Diary — July 2012
20 July, 2012 BAS Bloggers
July at Rothera. The excitement of the midwinter’s week festivities is slowly dying down and the base is returning to its usual routines. All the midwinter presents, that many people …
Rothera Diary — May 2012
30 May, 2012 Adam Bradley
With the Ernest Shackleton long departed and the daylight disappearing rapidly, the 18-strong team remaining at Rothera really started to experience the proper Antarctic winter. On the 18th of May …
Rothera Diary — April 2012
20 April, 2012 BAS Bloggers
In one hour it will be time to switch on the high frequency radio and report back to base, let them know we’re safe & well, our location, our intentions …
Rothera Diary — March 2012
28 March, 2012 BAS Bloggers
Early March saw the departure of the last BAS planes for the season. This left 42 people on station to carry on the science, various works and to commence winterising …
Rothera Diary — December 2011
31 December, 2011 BAS Bloggers
Cargo and Christmas were the main features of December at Rothera. The arrival of the BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross turned the base into an even busier place than …
Rothera Diary — July 2011
31 July, 2011 BAS Bloggers
Cold and Icy I am sitting in my office in The Bonner Laboratory looking out over the frozen sea towards the snowy mountains and remembering why it was such an …
Rothera Diary — June 2011
30 June, 2011 BAS Bloggers
Some Things Never Change Spending June in the Antarctic gives you time to think a little. Darkness, blizzards and the all important task of polishing my midwinter’s present often left …
Rothera Diary — May 2011
30 May, 2011 BAS Bloggers
It’s been two months since the RRS Ernest Shackleton left us, and left 20 of us alone at Rothera Research Station to look after the facility and maintain the science …