King Edward Point Diary – February 2007
February on base…? What a month for all-round activities, from work, our daily base life, to our continuing discovery of this wondrous island. Cumberland Bay this month played a very […]
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February on base…? What a month for all-round activities, from work, our daily base life, to our continuing discovery of this wondrous island. Cumberland Bay this month played a very […]
The end is nigh. Firstly I’m going to cheat a little, only by a few days, but I’ll start this month’s diary at the end of January. This is because […]
February is usually an odd month at Halley. The summer ends, the crowds depart, and Halley is left in the hands of the wintering team once again. A huge amount […]
Unlike last year, when relief finished by New Years Eve, this year the madness started on New Year’s Day. After a week of the ship being stuck 50 miles from […]
The New Year started for some of us (Miriam Iorwerth, Andrew Chase, Anjali Pande & Andy Barker) waking up near Maiviken Hut in bivvy bags with the sun beating down […]
Happy New Year! Hope you all had an excellent Christmas as well. It’s been a bit strange here, not being bombarded by the constant Christmas advertising since September it all […]
Festive, Restive and Joyful To many, December makes us think of winter, of short days, long coats, bustling winds and curling up in front of the fire with a duvet […]
November — Who needs running water? November at Halley saw an average temperature of -9.2°C, average pressure of 978.8hPa, mean scalar wind speed of 14.8 knots. We had 21 days of […]
10 November – Base Relief After our initial arrival date of Saturday 4th November was confounded by sea ice that was thick enough to walk on but not thick enough […]
There really can’t be many experiences on earth like a South Georgia spring. Even when you’re looking forward to it, it grabs you. And it’s that bit more special because, […]
October is a busy month here at Halley. We have many winter trips going on and a lot of other stuff to have the base ready for the summer season, […]
Well the quiet at KEP is well and truly over with this month seeing ‘first call’, the first cruise ship and yachts flying in and out of the cove. We […]