It has proved to be a good introduction to Antarctic travel for those who are here on their first winter. It is a constant battle to dig out the sledges from the snowfall and snowdrift. Good weather can be a great time to take photographs when the light shows up the fantastic landscape close to our new home. On the science front the work goes on as usual with much boating and diving. Personally I think they are mad.
Diving is just about to get under way.
Hugh is in the foreground, Jenny behind him, and Keiron standing at the back, making sure everything is OK and supervising the dive from the shore. They keep the regulators in gloves until the last minute to keep them out of the elements. Free- flows occur when the air regulator freezes in the open position and the air supply rapidly decreases. A spare tank is carried just in case. In the water now.