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As soon as we finished preparing the skiway, the first Twin Otter plane arrived to Halley, bringing a couple of new people and a few apples and oranges.
Flying over Antarctica
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Preparing the Skiway
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Things have been a little quiet recently on my blog, and this has to do with an increased work load. I’ve been on a week of night watch not so long ago, the Gash and we had a day of … Continue reading
Photo Friday: Iconic BAS Pyramid Tent
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One of the more iconic views on any of the BAS expeditions to the Antarctic is a Pyramid Tent, lit up from the inside with a Tilley Lamp, on a back drop of an evening (or early morning) sky.
Winter Trip that wasn’t
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As the winter is slowly coming to an end and there’s more and more daylight, it was time to start the second round of winter trips. Unfortunately this time the weather didn’t play ball, so the week turned out completely … Continue reading
Photo Friday: Full Moon Photography and some more Aurora
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This is another late Photo Friday post published on the following Wednesday to confuse all of you! These pictures have, however, been taken on a Friday, so it’s at least partially right this time.
Photo Friday: A trip to Emperor Penguin Colony
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As it’s been a while since my last Photo Friday article, I’ve got a little gem of a Photo Friday for all of you this week. We went to see the nearby Emperor Penguins Colony last Wednesday, and this is … Continue reading
BBQ Antarctic Style
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The last two weeks were quite difficult for everyone on base and we all felt like we deserve a bit of a break and a change of scenery. In addition to that, Al’s birthday happened to be during those two … Continue reading
The new record for low temperature at Halley
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The last week was particularly cold in comparison to all my time here at Halley. We had a few days when the outside air temperature, without factoring in the wind chill, would drop to below -50°C (where below means in the direction of -60°C). Early this morning it seems we’ve seen the lowest temperature since the Met records started at Halley, at -55.4°C (exceeding the previous record low of -55.3°C by 0.1°C). This still needs to be confirmed, but we’re claiming the new record anyway! Continue reading
A year with British Antarctic Survey
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I realise I’ve pretty much neglected this blog for the last month, almost to the day! And the longer I left it, the more of an issue it became to start posting again. I also realised that July marks a full year since I’ve started working for British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge and I thought it’s a good opportunity to start blogging again. Continue reading
Back to School
I know I haven’t posted anything here in over a week. Things are back to normal after a week of Midwinter celebrations at Halley. I also have to confess, I’ve used the “Back to School” expression as a title for this article as I found it very fitting, but it was Al who came up with the idea. Thanks Al, even though you don’t (yet) know about that, I’ve stolen your idea! Continue reading