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 …
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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; …
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 …
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 …
King Edward Point Diary – February 2002
28 February, 2002 BAS Bloggers
Ships pay us a visit The science manager, Mark Belchier, visited KEP during February to see how the science is progressing and to pass on some techniques to the science …
King Edward Point Diary – January 2002
31 January, 2002 BAS Bloggers
An introduction to KEP The newest British Antarctic Survey station at King Edward Point was opened in March 2001 so we are approaching our first Birthday. However there are still …
Rothera Diary July 2001
30 July, 2001 Peter Milner
Rothera Diary – July 2001 written by Pete Milner The Sun Returns With our limited access to email facilities I try and write regularly to friends at home and strangely …
Rothera Diary July 2001 – Historical Menu
30 July, 2001 Peter Milner
Return to Full Diary Jenny and I have been spending a week working through mid-winter dental checks for the crew. With a healthy team not much needs doing, just a …