Preparing for an Emotional Farewel
By Jill Bowring. There has been a strange shifting of feelings aboard over the last few days. Things had been going well with unloading continuing throughout the long sun-drenched days surrounded by sparkling seas and snow. Admittedly there were problems that came to light, but they were being solved or at least being put into a suitable (sometimes questioned) place on the priority list. Eac…
Antarctica Proves a Dangerous Place for One Expedition Member
(Words and photographs by Jill Bowring) Mary, much to her chagrin, was banned by everyone from going ashore – it was just far too dangerous. There were fuel pumps that she could have been sucked up by and put into a flubber; there were Caterpillars , tractors, snow cats, skidoos, sledges and scoots, all of which co…uld have run over her. There were cardboard boxes, metal boxes and wooden ones…
Off Ice – by Anton Bowring
It has been a frustrating day. In my report yesterday I made a foolish comment about being irritatingly smug on account of the fine weather. Well, today, all that changed. The wind swung round to the north east overnight and pressed all the sea ice into the bay. This meant that, on the ship, we could only look at the tiny black dots, our Ice Group, on the distant shore and wonder how they wer…
