The big red bus is leaving tomorrow!
Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »And I’m going to be leaving on it!! The last couple of weeks have been frantic, as you might expect and the Shack is finally here to carry us home. Communications on the Shack are a little more limited ...
The beginning of the end..!
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Well, the end of the season is truly upon us here at Rothera. This week has seen the final departures of our aircraft and only 45 people remain on base until the ship comes in around the end of ...
Yes, I know it’s been a month…
Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »…since the last update and it’s been a busy one honest! The way I write these is basically to look back on the pictures I’ve taken to remind me what’s happened and there don’t seem to be too ...
Long time no post…!
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 10 Comments »Sorry folks, yes, I know it’s been a long time since my last post on here and probably many of you are wondering if I’ve fallen down some mega-crevasse or been eaten by a raging leopard seal… I’m glad to ...
Good weather before the final push…
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments »It's been a week of good weather here at Rothera and that has happily coincided with a relatively quiet period in the flying programme. We're nearly at the end of the summer field season, most of the field parties have ...
Two weeks at Fossil Bluff and now back on base…
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »What ho peeps, I'm back on base after an excursion down to Fossil Bluff (71°20' S 68°17' W). I didn't make it as far south as Sky Blu but I'm not complaining as two weeks flying the flag at ...
Travelling further south…?
Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Another busy week just gone by, extra busy in fact because the comms team has been reduced to three (Crispin, Ian and myself). Mike, one of the guys loaned to us from the Navy, has been working down at Sky ...
Happy New Year!
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Righto, sorry it's been another long stretch between posts but spare time has been extremely limited over the last couple of weeks! The arrival of the JCR triggered four days of heavy activity to unload all of our supplies ...
First penguin sighting today…
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »As promised, my first penguin photo, as soon as I could possibly post it...! This Adelie penguin popped up from a slot in the sea-ice earlier today while I was in the tower and I was able to bag ...
Comments and stuff…
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Thanks to all for the messages you've been leaving on the blog! In case anyone thought I was being rude and ignoring you lot, I've now installed a "reply to..." plugin that allows me to, uh, reply to comments ...