Category: Antarctica
Hiking in Antarctica
Ever wondered what it’s like to go for a hike on the frozen continent? With a big thanks to my mates over at Snowys Outdoors, come along and check out the stunning scenery! Go on and head over to Snowys...
A trip to Jacks
After a busy resupply period, it’s time to hit the road! With some access routes closed off station due to the summer melt, the J-Line to Jacks was still open, so we took the opportunity to have a quick jolly...
The Everest has arrived
After a call over the radio from the ship hailing the station, the MPV Everest sailed around the corner and into Newcomb Bay, just out the front of Casey station. Hello, new ship! Whilst Casey is quite fortunate receiving mail...
Today’s office
With the ship due in the harbour for station resupply in two weeks, it’s time to continue preparations for its arrival. Today we continued IRB training including how to safely prepare, launch, operate, and pack-down the boats. It also meant...
A work trip to Wilkins
Living here at Casey my main role is to support technology here on station. There are occasions where Wilkins aerodrome camp, a 3 hour drive up the hill, can use some onsite tech support with their equipment, so we organised...
A trip to Robbos
After work this week we took a quick trip out to Robbos hut.
Talking photos of birds for science
It’s an unusual season down here this year, and unfortunately many of our science friends are unable to be on station to continue working onsite on their studies. One long-running program is seabird monitoring – a series of mounted cameras...