Signy Island Diary — January 2012
The phrase “Science never sleeps” seems to have been very appropriate on Signy this year. We have 3 scientists on base and this season has seen them up at all […]
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Antarctica 2011-12
Read more of: Antarctica 2011-12We are back down south again in the Weddell Sea once again involved in the annual Halley relief operation. We departed Immingham in the UK in early November and had […]
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Rothera Diary — December 2011
Read more of: Rothera Diary — December 2011Cargo 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 […]
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King Edward Point Diary – December 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – December 2011December is a busy time of year down here on South Georgia, being the height of summer. One of the tasks this month was a project to improve the mapping […]
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Signy Island Diary — November 2011
Read more of: Signy Island Diary — November 2011The 2011–12 Signy Island research season began in the early hours of the 16th November, as the Royal Research ship James Clark Ross, having left the Falklands several weeks earlier, […]
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King Edward Point Diary – November 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – November 2011‘Remember, remember the fifth of November’ It was indeed one of the more memorable Guy Fawkes’ nights of my life: I had only arrived a few days previous with fellow […]
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King Edward Point Diary – October 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – October 2011The beginning of October saw a hefty amount of snow still with us here on the fair isle of South Georgia. It was in these snowy conditions that visitors arrived […]
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King Edward Point Diary – September 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – September 2011A busy month at KEP for fishing and a lot of snow fell making for some great skinning at lunch times and skiing at the weekends. I started the month […]
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King Edward Point Diary – August 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – August 2011Greetings to all you dedicated avid KEP web diary readers. I’m sure you have had some healthy verbal meals served up to you by previous entries and have been digesting […]
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North Sea 2011
Read more of: North Sea 2011The Shackleton has been through quite a lot since you last heard from us down south. We departed Stanley in April and headed North for warmer climes. We had an […]
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Rothera Diary — July 2011
Read more of: Rothera Diary — July 2011Cold 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 […]
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King Edward Point – July 2011
Read more of: King Edward Point – July 2011The month kicked off with cold weather and a continuation of our midwinter celebrations — interrupted at the time by shipping and work commitments which often occur outside of normal […]