Rothera Diary — March 2011
Good morning, outside world! As I sit here typing this, the first few snowflakes of winter are starting to fall outside the window, and Rothera is well and truly taking […]
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Rothera Diary — November 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — November 2010On 2nd November BAS’s first aircraft of the season arrived, the DASH 7. The October weather had been somewhat inclement, and there had been delays in flight arrivals. For the […]
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Rothera Diary — September 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — September 2010Diving and music As the marine biologist at Rothera, I had an unusual start to my career here. I flew in late in February this year and after a whirlwind […]
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Rothera Diary — July 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2010July — potentially a period of anticlimax following the events of midwinter and all the furore that surrounds it, but this year July has been one of my favourite months […]
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Rothera Diary — June 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — June 2010Midwinter The month of June is one of great celebration in the Antarctic; it is the month when the days are at their shortest and the sun remains below the […]
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Rothera Diary — May 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — May 2010Diving & Discos Hi everyone and welcome to May’s diary, my name is Jon James and I am the Diving Officer here at Rothera. My job involves organising and maintaining […]
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Rothera Diary — April 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — April 2010Beach parties and Barbee sauce So we have reached the official start of winter… what, already? How did that happen? Surprisingly it seems time really does pass quite quickly down […]
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Rothera Diary — March 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — March 2010March — the month of change in an Antarctic context! Welcome to March, a month in the Antarctic calendar that signifies change, a rising sense of panic and relief. Depending […]
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Rothera Diary — February 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — February 2010As I sit here sipping Earl Grey in the comparative comfort of the surgery it is hard to believe that just a few weeks ago I was sipping tea in […]
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Rothera Diary — January 2010
Read more of: Rothera Diary — January 2010Power Downs and Parties The year is 2010, the month is January my task to write about the trials and tribulations of base life down at Rother research station. Well […]
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Rothera Diary — December 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — December 2009Fresh Marmite November’s diary ended with Mike returning to base on the RSS James Clark Ross, having spent most of the previous month loitering in the Falkland Islands. As the […]
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Rothera Diary — November 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — November 2009A Glimpse of Life on the Outside At the time of volunteering to write this month’s entry for the Rothera Diary, I had no reason to suspect that I might […]