Rothera Diary — October 2009
End of winter, planes, new faces and freshies All good things come to an end, also the winter of 2009. This happened on the 10th day of this month. One […]
73 to 84 of 156 results
-
Read more of: Rothera Diary — October 2009
-
Rothera Diary — September 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — September 2009Hello, and welcome to the Rothera diary entry for September. I would like to give you an insight to base life from my own personal perspective. I am Tony McLaughlan, […]
-
Rothera Diary — August 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — August 2009Spring As I sit here waiting to leave base and head out into the field for my week long winter trip, I thought now would be a good time to […]
-
Rothera Diary — July 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2009Water, ice and steam It’s 10pm Friday 31st July. Mug of coffee in hand, I am awaiting the return of James and Jonny with a bundle of newspapers for the […]
-
Rothera Diary — May 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — May 2009Say Goodbye to the Sun Welcome everyone to the month of May at Rothera Research Station. My name is Andy Webster and I am the Communications Manager here on station. […]
-
Rothera Diary — April 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — April 2009Winter training In keeping to winter traditions, I am writing the April diary entry between the hours of 1am to 6am. Yes, I’m on nightwatch and it’s currently 4am on […]
-
Rothera Diary — March 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — March 2009Preparing for Winter I am Dr Matt A Edwards, medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey research facility on the Antarctic Peninsula known as Rothera. It is an honour to […]
-
Rothera Diary — October 2008
Read more of: Rothera Diary — October 2008The start of Summer Hi, I’m Ali the marine assistant. It is exactly a year since I last wrote an entry for the Rothera diary. I have been at Rothera […]
-
Rothera Diary — July 2008
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2008Moving into New Bransfield I thought as the wintering chef for this year I would first mention my new kitchen. After a bit of a delay, in February last summer, […]
-
Oct – The end of Winter
Read more of: Oct – The end of WinterHi, I’m Ali the Marine Assistant; I arrived at Rothera in December 2006 and shall be based here for a total of 2½ years. The month of October marked the […]
-
Aug – Wind and Snow… and more wind
Read more of: Aug – Wind and Snow… and more windHello and welcome to the August diary of Rothera Research Station, I’m Jim the Boating Officer, or JimBoat to the locals, and I excitedly volunteered to indulge readers with the […]
-
Jul – Ice Diving
Read more of: Jul – Ice DivingRothera July Diary My name is Kelvin Murray, I am the Field Diving Officer and my job is to manage all diving operations at Rothera. I work very closely with […]