Bird Island Diary – December 2014
1 June, 2014 Adam Bradley
The first day of December was a memorable one for me: after nearly 3 long weeks of sailing the Southern Ocean on the James Clark Ross, I finally made it …
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Bird Island Diary – June 2014
1 June, 2014 BAS Bloggers
June began with the monthly Albatross census on and around the whole of the island. Great to have everyone helping out to have the experience of getting up close to …
King Edward Point Diary – May 2014
27 May, 2014 BAS Bloggers
Hello and welcome to an exciting, edge of your seat, month of May diary. It was the first proper month of winter for all of us here at KEP with …
Halley Diary – May 2014
18 May, 2014 John Mann
May was another busy month at Halley with the loss of the sun and the temperature dropping even further making our everyday tasks down here that little bit more challenging. …
Rothera Diary – May 2014
17 May, 2014 Malcolm Airey
May has been a busy month at Rothera, with the weather starting to get a bit more wintery and Antarctic – less rain(!) and more snow and darkness. We are …
Bird Island Diary – May 2014
1 May, 2014 Jessica Walkup
May began, as most months begin on Bird Island, with a census of all the wandering albatross nests on the island. Everyone helps out with the wanderer census as the …
Halley Diary – April 2014
18 April, 2014 BAS Bloggers
With the first round of Winter Training Trips concluded April saw the wintering team here at Halley VI settling in for the long, cold winter to come. You could say …
Rothera Diary – April 2014
17 April, 2014 Mairi Fenton
The RRS Ernest Shackleton left us on the 21st of March this year so April saw the first month of winter here at Rothera. We are getting used to a …
Bird Island Diary – April 2014
1 April, 2014 Jerry Gillham
April on Bird Island feels like a real transition from summer to winter. The changes in the weather and the wildlife are gradual, but looking back to the start of …
King Edward Point Diary – March 2014
20 March, 2014 Matthew Phillips
Well hello, Matthew (boaty) here again! It was deemed that my blog from last month was of a standard that could not be matched, by any of the mortals on …