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I managed to squeeze in one last field trip before they closed off any more field travel for the rest of our season. So now I have been lucky enough to been to all the huts reachable here at Mawson. Hendo was the last one, Myself, Hamish and Adam got out there for a Thursday night tripContinue reading “LAST POST FROM MAWSON STATION: 6/3/2021”

Now we are well into the new year the end is fast approaching, but we have been making good use of the time we have left. Australia Day was a nice celebration as we transferred the work shop into a makeshift beach holiday location. We played cricket, mini golf, had a kick of the footyContinue reading “GETTING CLOSE TO THE END: 20/02/2021”

Additional photos included throughout & at end: 23/01/2021 The ironic thing about looking forward to Christmas in Antarctica and having a ‘White Christmas’ is that Christmas day still falls around the most summery weather we have had. At about 3 degrees outside, clear skies and barely any wind it shaped up to be a beautifulContinue reading “BREAKING IN THE NEW YEAR: 19/01/2021”

So, it’s been a pretty eventful few weeks and I have been snowed under (pardon the pun) with heaps of photos and videos to sift through. We have completed our third and final census of the Taylor Rookery emperor penguins and we had our largest group ever of people out in one expedition so farContinue reading “LATEST ADVENTURES: 09/12/2020”

Last weekend I went on an overnight trip with two other fellas to Beche Island. The only thing different about this trip was that I was the ‘Trip Leader’. Being the trip leader is more about the planning and admin side of expeditions – I had to put in a trip application which involved documentingContinue reading “BECHE ISLAND: 15/11/2020”

This Saturday 8 of us went for a day trip out to Auster rookery. I was pretty excited to get back out there as I had only been once before and the chicks were only just about to hatch back then. Auster would be one of the Larger rookeries with approximately 4000 birds and theContinue reading “AUSTERITY ROOKERY: 19/10/2020”

Our second attempt to reach Ledinghams went far more smoothly. We were waiting on station for about a week for the weather to clear … not that the weather was overly hectic but a bit of blowing snow and overcast weather meant surface definition was very poor and not ideal for travelling. The first legContinue reading “LEDINGHAMS TRIP ATTEMPT#2: 5/10/2020”

The following is a pretty great example of what is affectionately known as ‘the A Factor’ (the Antarctic Factor). For anyone who hasn’t heard of this term before I promise you will fully grasp the concept by the end. For the past couple of months five of us have been planning and squeezing in extraContinue reading “THE ‘A FACTOR’: 20/09/2020”

G’day all,A couple weeks ago we made our first trip out to Macey Hut and to locate and track down the Auster rookery. Macey is only about 35kms from Mawson across the sea ice and since this was our first trip there this season we had to route prove on our way out making theContinue reading “AUSTER ROOKERY: 15/08/2020”

Hey Hey!So a couple weeks ago we got to travel out to Taylor Rookery which is one of the best trips we can do and as far as Penguin Studies go, this is also one of the most important trips of our season. Taylor is 90 kms from Mawson across the sea ice and actuallyContinue reading “TAYLOR ROOKERY: 21/07/2020”