King Edward Point Diary – February 2015
What a busy month! The rat eradication team had arrived at the end of January aboard RSS Ernest Shackleton so, by February they had settled in and the final phase […]
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King Edward Point Diary – December 2014
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – December 2014December in King Edward Point began with the arrival of the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross (JCR). She brought down all the supplies and the doctor (me) for the […]
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Signy Diary – November 2014
Read more of: Signy Diary – November 2014In the small hours of the 15th November the James Clark Ross slipped her moorings at the fuel bunkers of Punta Arenas and headed out into the Straits of Magellan, […]
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Rothera Diary – November 2014
Read more of: Rothera Diary – November 2014October saw the arrival of the first Dash 7 of the season containing the first of the summer staff, and quite a few other planes from different Antarctic programs. It […]
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King Edward Point Diary – October 2014
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – October 2014Greetings from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia where spring has finally sprung. September finished with the visit of two warships and then on the 1st October our fisheries biologist, […]
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Rothera Diary – October 2014
Read more of: Rothera Diary – October 2014The End is Nigh! In 12 days the first planes will arrive, invading us with who knows what? Well we have a pretty good idea. We are looking forward to […]
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Rothera Diary – August 2014
Read more of: Rothera Diary – August 2014August has been another busy month on and off the base, with the second round of winter trips starting at the beginning of the month. Mine and Andy’s winter trip […]
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King Edward Point Diary – July 2014
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – July 2014With seven BAS and one Government officer on the island life has been quiet at KEP. Everyone has stayed on base, mainly because we don’t have the numbers to let […]
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King Edward Point Diary – June 2014
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – June 2014Salutations from South Georgia. June is a very special month in the Antarctic because it is midwinter on 21st June. The Winter Solstice is a time of celebration on base […]
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King Edward Point Diary – May 2014
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – May 2014Hello and welcome to an exciting, edge of your seat, month of May diary. It was the first proper month of winter for all of us here at KEP with […]
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Rothera Diary – May 2014
Read more of: Rothera Diary – May 2014May has been a busy month at Rothera, with the weather starting to get a bit more wintery and Antarctic – less rain(!) and more snow and darkness. We are […]
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Rothera Diary – April 2014
Read more of: Rothera Diary – April 2014The RRS Ernest Shackleton left us on the 21st of March this year so April saw the first month of winter here at Rothera. We are getting used to a […]