Our Blog: Life in Antarctica
Living Module Tour: With Your Host, Dr. Robin
Unfortunately, 5-star, luxury hotels are hard to come by in Antarctica. Instead, our team uses Arcs (or living modules) for all their comfort and home space needs.
Last Stop: Novo
With a heavy heart I see five of my expedition friends shrink to pixels and vanish through the Twin-Otter window.
7 Everyday Things that are Weird when Returning from Antarctica
Seven everyday things that are strange when returning from Antarctica.
Leaving Antarctica
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to try to leave Antarctica? It's not as easy as it seems!
Ship to Sanae (just in time)
After unloading all of our gear from the ship on Dec 26th, on Dec 27th we left the ship to head inland.
Troll Research Station, Antarctica
Our short time in Cape Town was spent discussing the upcoming work and rounding up last minute items.
Eating in the Extreme
“An army marches on it’s stomach” the famous quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte resonates well beyond the military.
Life at home after 2 months in Antarctica
Previous blogs have covered exactly what we achieved during the 2 months of field work in Antarctica, the challenges faced, and how we...
The Journey Home
Due to the weather making us wait over a week for our flight out from Wasa, with very little work to do, we were all ready and eager to come home.
The weather dictates all…And it’s rather unpredictable
This morning was an early start after an extremely busy afternoon and late night yesterday.
Christmas in Antarctica
And so, both Christmas and the boat arrived. We had an early Christmas service on Christmas Eve and unloaded the boat from the edge of the ice shelf.
Our Arctic Trucks – the coolest members of our team! Part 2
In this post we will look at the process of building the trucks.
Our Arctic Trucks – the coolest members of our team! Part 1
Antarctica is not a small place, with an area of about 14 million square km it is about twice the size of Australia.
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