Cooking up a storm at King Edward Point Research Station
In this blog Jerry Gillham, station leader at King Edward Point Research Station, describes how his team have tackled an unusual cooking challenge. With no dedicated chef at King Edward […]
Jerry Gillham
Station Leader
I started working for BAS in 2012 as Zoological Field Assistant monitoring the penguins and petrels on Bird Island. After two and a half years there, and a short break, I have recently returned as Station Leader.
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Search and Rescue on Bird Island
Read more of: Search and Rescue on Bird IslandBird Island Research Station has a small staff team; no more than 10 in summer and just four over winter. We have no doctor on station though all staff receives […]
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Bird Island Diary – March 2015
Read more of: Bird Island Diary – March 2015March on Bird Island feels very like autumn; the days are getting noticeably shorter, more mornings are greeting us with ice and snow, and the summer residents are preparing to […]
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Bird Island Diary – August 2014
Read more of: Bird Island Diary – August 2014Film Festival The first weekend of the month brought us the eagerly anticipated Antarctic 48-hour film festival. This annual event brings together all the bases on the continent and islands […]
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Bird Island Diary – April 2014
Read more of: Bird Island Diary – April 2014April 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 […]
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Bird Island Diary — August 2013
Read more of: Bird Island Diary — August 2013One season ends, a new one begins August on Bird Island makes the transition from one season to the next. With the few exceptions talked about below the place is […]
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Bird Island Diary — April 2013
Read more of: Bird Island Diary — April 2013April has been a month of very noticeable changes. For the majority of species it has marked the end of the breeding season and their departure from the Bird Island. […]
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Bird Island Diary — December 2012
Read more of: Bird Island Diary — December 2012The unseasonably warm and dry December has allowed plenty of long, enjoyable days outside for the new field assistants to try and learn all they can from the 2012 wintering […]
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Celebrating Midwinter in Antarctica
Read more of: Celebrating Midwinter in AntarcticaBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) is celebrating Midwinter’s Day (Monday 21 June) as staff in three British Antarctic Territory Research Stations mark the shortest and darkest day of the year on the frozen continent. The tradition began in […]
