King Edward Point Diary – September 2002
30 September, 2002 BAS Bloggers
The 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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Bird Island Diary – August 2002
31 August, 2002 Dave Connor
More sketches I can hardly believe that August has already come and gone. It still feels like it should be sometime back around July. Time has flown, as Bird Island …
King Edward Point Diary – July 2002
31 July, 2002 BAS Bloggers
A 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 …
Bird Island Diary — July 2002
31 July, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Sledging and Sketches Hello and welcome to another month in the life of the Bird Island winterers – Jane, Ben, Nick and Matt. This is my second winter and second …
Bird Island Diary — June 2002
30 June, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Midwinter Welcome to Bird Island, we are now well into winter, and more and more leopard seals are hauling out on the beaches around base. Yesterday, we had four: two …
King Edward Point Diary – June 2002
30 June, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Midwinter 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; …
Bird Island Diary — May 2002
31 May, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Snow and winter visitors Last month we brought you pictures of blue skies, green hills, and a rather summery-looking Bird Island. Some of you have been wondering if we are …
King Edward Point Diary – April 2002
30 April, 2002 BAS Bloggers
The 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 …
Bird Island Diary — April 2002
30 April, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Last Call as winter begins Welcome to Winter on Bird Island – at last! It has been a very interesting and unusual month here. The last newsletter ended with “under …
King Edward Point Diary – March 2002
31 March, 2002 BAS Bloggers
End 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 …