Halley Diary — February 2003
February has been a whirlwind month with the arrival and departure of the ship RRS Ernest Shackleton on it’s second and final call to the station, the realigning of the […]
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King Edward Point Diary – February 2003
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – February 2003Back to school! February has seen us all go back to school, well actually lots of schools. As well as the ubiquitous Doc School which this month has included a […]
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Halley Diary — January 2003
Read more of: Halley Diary — January 2003Gavin Francis (Base Doctor) New Year, new Halley wintering team, and a lot of new faces at Halley (mine being one of them). Jon Seddon, 2002 AIS engineer, has handed […]
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King Edward Point Diary – January 2003
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – January 2003New Year – old friends depart Happy New Year!! Well here we are the start of the New Year and what a start it has been for us down here […]
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King Edward Point Diary – December 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – December 2002New arrivals and Christmas With the arrival of December, we knew our days were numbered. All talk was now of the imminent arrival of the new people – our replacements. […]
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King Edward Point Diary – November 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – November 2002Celebrations November has been a busy month down here at King Edward Point. The tourist season started on 1st November, with the cruise ship Explorer coming alongside. We are due […]
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King Edward Point Diary – October 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – October 2002RRS James Clark Ross arrives October was the month of scrubbing. This was not because the mess in my office had reached evolutionary proportions but rather because of the time […]
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King Edward Point Diary – September 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – September 2002The latest newsletter ever!! Well I think the best way to start this newsletter is with an apology for its lateness!! I believe I have managed to get the award […]
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King Edward Point Diary – July 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – July 2002A busy month for boating Midway through the winter fishing season, July has seen many vessels visit KEP to trans-ship catch onto large refrigerator vessels. Here, the krill trawler, In […]
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King Edward Point Diary – June 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – June 2002Midwinter celebrations This month’s web page is mainly dedicated to our midwinter festivities held here over the week around midwinter’s day. There was a whole host of different activities including; […]
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King Edward Point Diary – April 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – April 2002The first heavy snow April saw the last call of the Ernest Shackleton. However, unlike other bases where this is the last shipping visit of the year, this heralds perhaps […]
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King Edward Point Diary – March 2002
Read more of: King Edward Point Diary – March 2002End of summer approaches The Science team made a big catch: a Patagonian toothfish just over 1m in length. These fish are commercially fished in South Georgian waters and producing viable conservation […]