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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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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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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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 – 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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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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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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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 […]
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King Edward Point Diary – June 2009
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – June 2009The month started with a team expedition up to the repeater. The repeater is used to maintain VHF contact with field parties and the boats within the area that cannot […]
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Grab Sampling in the Norwegain Sea
Read more of: Grab Sampling in the Norwegain SeaOn her latest charter the RRS Ernest Shackleton has been involved in Environmental Monitoring for Statoilhydro in the Norwegian Sea. Since the 1980’s, Norwegian legislation has enforced Environmental Monitoring around […]