All i can say is BRRRRRRR!!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
ANZAC day - 2-up
On ANZAC day we held a dawn service followed by 2-up in the wallow. It was a fantastic day that would have rivalled any bar in Australia.
Frozen water from pot
When you arrive at a hut (in this case Jack's Donga), you usually set about melting snow etc. When you leave the hut you usually leave water in the pot so that the next group only has to turn on the gas. This is the frozen surface layer from the pot. It sure gets cold in those huts!
Gorgeous Weddell Seal
We came across this lone seal lying near an iceberg in Brown's Bay. It is unusual to see a seal here at this time of year as they have mostly all relocated to the ocean and sea ice edge.
drilling the sea ice for depth measurement
this is Nick one of our dieso's with the ice drill. He will drill through till he hits water, then we put a measuring hook down to see how thick the ice is. On this day the thinnest we measured was 350mm and the thickest nearly 600mm. For safety it is a requirement for at least 200mm so we were very safe.
First steps on to the ice
With the colder temperature has also come a strange and exciting natural phenomenon. The freeze-over of the sea. This is commonly known as sea ice. It was deemed to be suitable for walking late april so a few of us headed out to test this novelty out. We have to take a drill to measure the ice thickness at regular intervals, and we also must carry survival gear, ropes and ice axes for safety. It is hard to fathom that this picture is the same spot where only a few short months ago there were barges operating unloading all our supplies when the Amderma was here. UNBELIEVABLE!
Fish bin lid skating
this was by far the best fun of the day. Although i got bruised and battered from the activity it was so much fun. Basically you had a plastic bin lid and took a run up and slid along the ice.. very cool!
oh dear...
A catastrophic blow-out. But i have always believed that if your going down, take as many as you can with you!
Ice Skating
Now with winter rapidly approaching, the days are getting much cooler and the melt lake out the back of the redshed has frozen over. This was appealing to a few of us to go and test out some of the sets of ice skates here on station. It proved to be a very scary, but fun day. Keep in mind that when you go to a rink you can do a few laps with the safety of the wall. there is no wall on a melt lake!! VERY fun indeed.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
My 31st Birthday
I celebrated my 31st birthday in April and Rocket our Chef made a beautiful cake - How special! What a memorable birthday.
Easter hot cross buns
It was a very long and arduous task for a non cook like myself, but here is the proof - Big fat hot cross buns and boy were they beautiful (if i do say so myself!).
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