Week 3: Biological surveys in the eastern Weddell Sea
Jen Jackson (British Antarctic Survey) Hello from the eastern Weddell Sea! On Sunday 19th February we reached the most southerly point of our expedition. At 77.36 degrees south we had […]
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Signy Island Diary — January 2012
Read more of: Signy Island Diary — January 2012The 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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King Edward Point Diary – January 2012
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – January 2012With 2011 on South Georgia being cast into the history books, 2012 started in earnest and once again the King Edward Point gang enjoyed a busy, varied and challenging start […]
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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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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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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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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 […]