The start to my last week in Antarctica – I really wish I could stay here longer! Monday was spent in the office getting stuck into several of the desk-based projects I am doing. I am making a little ‘welcome to Scott Base’ information booklet, a poster on the...
December 6th, 2013 For the last two days I have been on a traverse out to Marble Point, on the Antarctic mainland. A traverse is just an overland journey as opposed to flight or boat travel and this meant we were travelling in the Hagglunds. Our task was to transport...
Saturday was yet another eventful day down here. I spent the morning finishing up writing a report on the environmental monitoring work I did in the Dry Valleys and doing some other paperwork. Ceisha and I then jumped in a jeep and drove over the hill to have lunch...
December 4th, 2013 After the madness of my first few days in Antarctica it was time to settle into a rhythm and find out what a typical week is like living and working down on the ice. 7:00am: Wake up, shower, breakfast. Opening the small shutter in the room is a rude...
Thursday and Friday I spent out on the hill at the back of Scott Base completing a vegetation survey with Antarctica New Zealand’s Environmental Advisor, Ceisha Poirot. You might be as surprised as I was that anything grows in this inhospitable place, but...
December 1st, 2013 Saturday is still a working day down here in Antarctica so it was business as usual at Scott Base. I began one of my projects down here and to get a better understanding of the base I am shadowing the engineering team for the next week learning...
