James Clark Ross diary – March 15th 2012
Blogpost 19 March, 2012
Melanie Mackenzie – Museum Victoria Now that we’ve finished collecting specimens, the EVOLHIST biology team on board the James Clark Ross is busily working away in the ship’s labs. Dr…
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Bird Island Diary — November 2000
Blogpost 30 November, 2000
…first month. I arrived with Paul Sharp, electrician, Micky, the carpenter, and Andy Wood on Friday night, October 27, after a week aboard RRS James Clark Ross. It was not…
Bird Island Diary — October 2006
Blogpost 31 October, 2006
…was just the four of us on the island, come to end. The arrival of the James Clark Ross, brought some people who had visited the island throughout the years…
December – Sunny Rothera-by-the Sea
Blogpost 30 December, 2005
…of our ships, the RRS James Clark Ross, and a whole host of other work and social activities going on. It will be more of a struggle to restrict what…
Bird Island Diary – December 2005
Blogpost 31 December, 2005
What a month! December, usually a month of joyous celebration has lived up to this reputation admirably on Bird Island. The RRS James Clark Ross now long gone, it was…
Bird Island Diary – November 2003
Blogpost 30 November, 2003
…in sore need of relief. Sandwiched either side of the James Clark Ross visit we conducted an island wide survey of both Grey-headed and Black-browed Albatross. Both of these beautiful…
JR 275 Diary Log
Blogpost 17 February, 2012
BAS cruise JR 275 departed the Falkland Islands on the James Clark Ross in early February and will sample the South Scotia Ridge, southern South Sandwich Islands and Weddell Sea…
Rothera Diary — December 2009
Blogpost 31 December, 2009
Fresh Marmite November’s diary ended with Mike returning to base on the RSS James Clark Ross, having spent most of the previous month loitering in the Falkland Islands. As the…
Bird Island Diary — November 2012
Blogpost 30 November, 2012
…RSS James Clark Ross for the delivery of technical, domestic and scientific supplies and of course the new Base Staff. Fist Call also saw the departure of the wintering Base…
Bird Island Diary — November 2001
Blogpost 30 November, 2001
First Impressions The peaceful isolation of Bird Island was almost shattered with the arrival of the James Clark Ross (JCR) on the 2nd. But as it turned out the shattering…
Bird Island Diary — October 2000 (new arrivals)
Blogpost 31 October, 2000
…What the wildlife thinks of all this activity is anybody’s guess. While RRS James Clark Ross was due in the last week of the October to undertake relief, Bird Island…
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Bird Island Diary – February 2003
Blogpost 28 February, 2003
…Chris and Jonny WANTED – albatrosses by Ben, Richard and Paulo WANTED – Keith and Richard by the James Clark Ross Reward – nothing other than contributing to a good…
Bird Island Diary — July 2006
Blogpost 31 July, 2006
…this one of Don when we were on our way down last year, waiting for the RRS James Clark Ross in the Falklands, he was writing post cards. I thought…
Bird Island Diary – November 2002
Blogpost 30 November, 2002
…and began chomping through my breakfast, Jane was already excitedly perched on the lounge table opening her cards and presents that had arrived on RRS James Clark Ross at first…
Bird Island Diary — February 2008
Blogpost 28 February, 2008
…within a day but it seems they accomplished it with ease finishing well before dinner time. The James Clark Ross arrived on Sunday the 10th dropping off a little cargo…
King Edward Point Diary – October 2009
Blogpost 31 October, 2009
…‘RRS James Clark Ross’ arrived bearing our new base commander Ali, doctor Susan and mechanic Matt, our man in Cambridge Les, BAS director Nick Owens and a couple of technicians…
Bird Island Diary — November 2007
Blogpost 30 November, 2007
…and the musky whiff of fur seals. The James Clark Ross anchored to the north of Bird Sound, close to Elsehul, between the mainland of South Georgia and Bird Island,…
King Edward Point Diary – February 2005
Blogpost 28 February, 2005
…in South Georgia unless they’ve been ordered well in advance. So we are all hoping that the engineers onboard both the RRS Ernest Shackleton and the RRS James Clark Ross…
King Edward Point Diary – October 2002
Blogpost 31 October, 2002
RRS 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…
Rothera Diary – November 2014
Blogpost 20 November, 2014
…for transporting cargo around when the James Clark Ross arrives at the end of December. It was Remembrance Day this week, so a small ceremony was held at the base…
Bird Island Diary – April 2012
Blogpost 30 April, 2012
…might be. The new jetty was finished on the 14th April, and not a moment too soon as the very next day the James Clark Ross arrived to start ‘last…
King Edward Point Diary – February 2009
Blogpost 28 February, 2009
…on board. It usually includes a good lunch! Other ships that have called in recently include the ‘James Clark Ross’, the ‘Agulhas’ a South African research vessel who took some…
King Edward Point Diary – November 2005
Blogpost 30 November, 2005
…last call of the season from 26-27 November. It was Chris Elliott’s (Master of the RRS James Clark Ross since 1990) last trip to KEP before he retires from BAS,…
Signy Island Diary — November 2006
Blogpost 30 November, 2006
…Saturday 11th saw an intrepid band of volunteers from the James Clark Ross ferrying cargo by foot from the landing area at Berntsen Point to the base, some 500m of…
King Edward Point Diary – March 2012
Blogpost 31 March, 2012
…officer for two previous consecutive winters at KEP, and Jo joining us from the bridge of the RRS James Clark Ross where she is normally chief navigating officer. Paula will…
Halley Diary — March 2013
Blogpost 31 March, 2013
…start using them during the winter and the temporary living accommodation (used throughout the Halley VI construction) was taken apart. The RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) steamed into Creek 3,…
Bird Island Diary — November 2008
Blogpost 30 November, 2008
…and the arrival of the James Clark Ross on Nov 23rd. With First Call came Stacey — a new Zoological assistant, Dave — the bases’ technical services person, and Dickie…
Bird Island Diary — April 2008
Blogpost 30 April, 2008
…if this can be used to infer exactly where the birds are feeding. The RRS James Clark Ross arrived two days later, on April 18th. This visit had several purposes:…
Bird Island Diary – April 2006
Blogpost 30 April, 2006
…later saw the arrival of the James Clark Ross and the last ships call of the summer season. So after a few days of frantic packing especially by Sarah and…
King Edward Point Diary – January 2009
Blogpost 31 January, 2009
…the passenger movements, there is nearly too many to mention. At the start of the month, Manos Tsentides left on the RSS James Clark Ross. He had stayed longer than…
Rothera Diary — November 2009
Blogpost 30 November, 2009
…on the return trip. So I was assigned a cabin on the BAS ship, James Clarke Ross (JCR), for a 10 day science cruise — across the Drake Passage then…
Apr – Night Watch
Blogpost 19 April, 2007
…are still more to come. Next time I will take a wooden stick with me! This year James Clark Ross (JCR) was visiting Rothera on last call to bring in…
King Edward Point Diary – February 2003
Blogpost 28 February, 2003
…this time against the James Clark Ross team. Once again we were beaten (3-1), but were coming back strongly at the end. There is an excellent match report (I believe)…
Bird Island Diary — April 2009
Blogpost 30 April, 2009
…in an emergency situation, medical help is only a short boat trip away .The arrival of the James Clark Ross signalled the end of the summer season and after a…
Halley Diary — March 2011
Blogpost 31 March, 2011
…Clark Ross as it took the remaining summer and winter team home via the Falklands. As we drove back from the creek it crossed my mind it would be 8…
Halley Diary — February 2011
Blogpost 28 February, 2011
…less than 50 it is a taste of things to come as when the RRS James Clark Ross takes the last summer staff early next month there will only be…
ANTARCTIC BLOG: Exploring an island abundant with wildlife
Blogpost 2 February, 2016
…up into the tussock by their mothers. The human inhabitants also received new arrivals, with the RRS James Clark Ross dropping off Jerry (station leader, and previous penguin and petrel…
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Bird Island Diary – December 2014
Blogpost 1 June, 2014
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…
Bird Island Diary — November 2013
Blogpost 30 November, 2013
…hour on a bus across to Port Stanley and 3 days on board the RRS James Clark Ross, we awoke on the fourth morning to get our first glimpse of…
Bird Island Diary — February 2013
Blogpost 28 February, 2013
…celebrating his birthday in style, the base waved goodbye to Jaume early in the month as he headed back to the UK on the James Clarke Ross. We were slightly…
Bird Island Diary — November 2009
Blogpost 30 November, 2009
…beginning of the month by the James Clark Ross along with Bird Island’s yearly resupply. This meant my awe at the place was put on hold for a few days…
Bird Island Diary – November 2005
Blogpost 30 November, 2005
…worked so hard to finish the buildings, clear the beach and pack all manner of stuff away. And with that, the RSS James Clark Ross arrived, swept the boys onboard,…
Bird Island Diary – September 2004
Blogpost 30 September, 2004
…I am due to depart aboard the RRSJames Clark Ross in November. All that remains is to send regards to all at home – see you all sometime before April…
Bird Island Diary – December 2003
Blogpost 31 December, 2003
…understand. I am sure that Isaac had a great time as did the rest of us, and this time he deserved all the points. Happy birthdays! The James Clark Ross…
Bird Island Diary – April 2003
Blogpost 30 April, 2003
…so badly. The closely related grey-headed albatrosses seem to be doing alright (their chicks will start fledging soon). BAS scientists on RRS James Clark Ross have told us that there…
Bird Island Diary – October 2002
Blogpost 31 October, 2002
…Evermann bay followed by another discovery on Johnson Beach. Bird Island elephant seal pup production tallied up to an impressive 12! On the tenth the BAS ship RRS James Clark…
King Edward Point Diary – December 2007
Blogpost 31 December, 2007
…day etc… Where do you start? I also had to pack my personal box, or p-box, which would be leaving Cambridge the following week on the RRS James Clark Ross,…
King Edward Point Diary – November 2002
Blogpost 30 November, 2002
…constructed some new wider shelves in the foodstore, so we have now unpacked the dry food delivered on the James Clark Ross at first call. The meagre chocolate supply has…
Rothera Diary — December 2011
Blogpost 31 December, 2011
Cargo and Christmas were the main features of December at Rothera. The arrival of the BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross turned the base into an even busier place than…
Antarctica Dispatches
News 11 November, 2004
…Faithfull is one of two artists heading ?South? on this year?s scheme. Writer John McGregor departs for Rothera Research Station on 14 November via the Royal Research Ship James Clark…
The Philharmonia Orchestra performs Antarctic Symphony
News 1 February, 2005
…opens, and is punctuated by the sound of breaking ice — heard as the British Antarctic Survey’s Research Vessel James Clark Ross broke through the frozen sea, on its way…
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Jul – Ice Diving
Blogpost 30 July, 2007
…winter – the point halfway between the James Clark Ross leaving, and the intended arrival of the first Dash 7 flight. Given our location, the lack of daylight and the…
Feb – Images of Antarctica
Blogpost 28 February, 2006
…to three months much further south. The James Clark Ross arrived to pick up some scientists and with the end of our season we closed down the camps at Sky…
Bird Island Diary — November 2010
Blogpost 30 November, 2010
…October the James Clark Ross arrived at Bird Island, and I got the first glimpse of the place that will be my home for the next 30 months. It was…
Bird Island Diary — September 2006
Blogpost 30 September, 2006
…sees the James Clarke Ross arriving with new faces and fresh supplies so I’m sure there will be plenty to tell… Congratulations Pete and Tina, Pippa and Tristram – hope…
Signy Diary February 2004
Blogpost 28 February, 2004
…to spend time with some new people. In all probability our next visitors will be aboard the RSS James Clark Rosswhen it arrives to take us to the Falklands. No…
Signy Diary November 2003
Blogpost 15 November, 2003
…the RRS James Clark Ross as we approached from the Falklands tantalized without revealing the full scope of the island’s personality. As we sailed through a steadily dispersing mist a…
Halley Diary — February 2012
Blogpost 28 February, 2012
…As the Summer was very busy, two ships, the RRS Ernest Shackleton and the RRS James Clark Ross came to take the summer staff back home. The first ship to…
Halley Diary — March 2010
Blogpost 31 March, 2010
…With good sea ice in place this was not a hard task but still took a week as the ES filled every nook and cranny. The James Clark Ross then…
Halley Diary — February 2010
Blogpost 28 February, 2010
…every day we were losing 20 minutes of daylight. With the James Clark Ross due to be arriving soon it was now time for the base to be made ready…
Diary of a doctor at sea
Blogpost 16 November, 2016
New blog from ship’s doctor Helen Jones as RRS James Clark Ross arrives at Signy research station in the South Orkney Islands Well, and what a wonderful couple of days…
June – Midwinter
Blogpost 30 June, 2005
…during last summer but the late arrival of the James Clark Ross put paid to that – she was carrying all the supplies needed for the job. So, it was…
Jan – Changing plans
Blogpost 31 January, 2006
…James Clark Ross arrived. Quite a few people were waiting for equipment to arrive on the ship so that their work could start in earnest and almost everyone on base…
Rothera Diary — March 2011
Blogpost 30 March, 2011
…of the food comes into Rothera on the two relief ships, the James Clark Ross at the beginning and “The Shack” at the end of summer. The ship stayed for…
King Edward Point Diary – November 2010
Blogpost 30 November, 2010
…most splendid. But we’re not here for a holiday – the month kicked off in true style with the arrival of the James Clark Ross and the first great cargo…
King Edward Point Diary – February 2008
Blogpost 28 February, 2008
…brought the final call of the RRS James Clark Ross, she took nine people away and brought one in, this has meant a quieter period, returning to a routine and…
King Edward Point Diary – April 2005
Blogpost 30 April, 2005
…last visit by the ‘James Clark Ross’. It’s always good to see them, and generally means at least one party. The BAS boats always bring an interesting mix of scientists,…
King Edward Point Diary – October 2003
Blogpost 31 October, 2003
…(Ken the Marine Officer’s other half, taking over from me as KEP Postie). The other important ship visit this month was that of the James Clark Ross on 23 October…
King Edward Point Diary – September 2002
Blogpost 30 September, 2002
…prepared for the arrival of RRS James Clark Ross at the start of October. The science team scrubbed the labs, workshops were tidied and everything put into place to make…