Rothera Diary — January 2013
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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JR Update 14th January 2013
Read more of: JR Update 14th January 2013Today did not start well and I was not sure that I would have much to write about this evening. I did consider taking pictures of banoffee pie as the […]
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JCR274
Read more of: JCR274The RRS James Clark Ross is currently on science cruise JR274, Ocean Acidification, and will be spending the next few weeks sampling rather a lot of water. The above image […]
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Signy Island Diary — December 2012
Read more of: Signy Island Diary — December 2012After a scenic journey south from the Falklands, via Bird Island and King Edward Point, the JCR arrived at Signy on 24th November. Of those onboard, eight were bound for […]
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King Edward Point Diary – September 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – September 2012September has been my first month on base and it has been incredible. I am here visiting Jo Cox (Government Officer) and I have been making the most of this […]
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King Edward Point Diary – August 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – August 2012Well where do I try to begin to share one of the most pleasurable months I’ve had on this Island with you, in this, the August Diary… I think I […]
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Rothera Diary — August 2012
Read more of: Rothera Diary — August 2012…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 […]
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King Edward Point Diary – July 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – July 2012July started with quite a lot of snow on the ground, the track often being closed due to avalanche risk. Winter training was undertaken by all base members, this included […]
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Rothera Diary — July 2012
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2012July 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 […]
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King Edward Point Diary – June 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – June 2012The first thing that always springs to mind when it comes to writing the June diary is of course – Mid Winters day and all the celebrations that accompanies the […]
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King Edward Point Diary – May 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – May 2012Compared to recent months, May was a relatively quiet month and saw us eventually whittled down to our wintering team. The month kicked off with an oil spill response exercise, […]
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Rothera Diary — May 2012
Read more of: Rothera Diary — May 2012With 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 […]