Celsius We arrived back in Stanley on Monday morning, when it was time to demobilize the SOC scientists and prepare for the arrival of the next team. The new group are mainly British Antarctic Survey scientists for the JR57 cruise and over the next few weeks we will have more from them with regard to what they are up to. This scientific cruise will take us back to the South Georgia area and consists solely of science, no relief work to be done at all, however we will hopefully get to South Georgia briefly to do the calibrations on the echo sounder.
New personnel means a thorough safety brief, and fire and boat drills to add to the fun.
So it was a quick spin in the lifeboat down to the jetty where everyone got out instead of having to climb back up the rope ladder. As you can see summer has definitely not yet hit Stanley. The Flying Pigs Click on images to enlarge Others were feeling more energetic and went out to enjoy a blustery round of golf at the Stanley Golf Club course to the west of the town.