Signy Island Diary — November 2009
Welcome back to Signy Island in the first diary entry of the 2009–10 season. The summer season on Signy began on the 6th November when Matt (Base Commander), Bruce (Field […]
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Rothera Diary — November 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — November 2009A Glimpse of Life on the Outside At the time of volunteering to write this month’s entry for the Rothera Diary, I had no reason to suspect that I might […]
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King Edward Point Diary – November 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – November 2009Outside my office window an elephant seal weaner (weaned pup) has propelled itself caterpillar fashion (it’s termed “humping”) across the fresh snowfall and unsuccessfully attempted to gnaw through the base […]
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King Edward Point Diary – October 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – October 2009October on South Georgia is the most amazing month. From having seen the first elephant seals arrive in September and the first pups born around the vernal equinox, the massive […]
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Rothera Diary — October 2009
Read more of: Rothera Diary — October 2009End 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 […]
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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, […]
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King Edward Point Diary – September 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – September 2009September heralded springtime for us here at KEP. It will go down in my memory as the month of the great melt but thankfully the snow held out long enough […]
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King Edward Point Diary – August 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – August 2009August was a month of mixed weather here at KEP, it started with a pretty drastic thaw, which made the keen skiers amongst us a little worried that it may […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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King Edward Point Diary – July 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – July 2009So July started off with myself getting another year older and yet again spending it away from home. I received some great gifts from the gang here. Thanks guys and […]
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North Sea ramblings
Read more of: North Sea ramblingsGreetings from the North Sea, the Shackleton has had a busy time of it since you last heard from us. After The Norwegian job and demob in Kristiansund the ship headed […]