Month: November 2017
A long time before the next sunset
On Wednesday 29 November the sun finally set at 12:10am, only to rise again shortly after at 1:02am. As Mawson station resides within the Antarctic circle our summer will now continue with a full 24 hours of daylight each day....
Walking on station during a blizzard
A quick walk home from the office at Mawson station. The winds were somewhat high but the visibility was good so we can see a few things on the walk.
Field Training trip
Thursday and Friday we were off station on our field training. This is a course most expeditioners complete shortly after their arrival on station, to learn skills such as navigation and survival essentials for an Antarctic environment. Over the two...
Gone campin’
Work has been going well this week, and now today we’re off up the plateau to Rumdoodle for our Survival Training. This is an overnight course all new expeditioners. See you tomorrow evening!
First days on station
It has been a rather busy start since arriving here at Mawson that it is now day 5 down here. A bit of a summary: It was a pretty busy day leaving the ship on Wednesday. I was scheduled for...
Arrived at Mawson!
I’m now “home” for the summer. In my own room! With (basic) internet!! Been a very long day though so more soon.
Flight tomorrow?
Today was heli fly off for essential Davis personnel, so those like myself not involved spent most of today bunkered in with the bridge and external decks closed. So a rather uneventful day for myself and no opportunity to get...
Almost there
We’re through most of the first year pack ice at this point. Yesterday we had to crunch through some pack where the ship will go through as much of a crack lead as it can, get stuck, reverse, then full...