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G’day,So last week I went through my field travel and survival training which was a great experience and a heap of fun. It took about half a day to get ready as our Field Training Officer (FTO) Mark slowly took us through everything we need to do before doing a trip out into the fieldContinue reading “FIELD TRAVEL TRAINING 16/03/2020”

Sorry its taken me so long to pass on photos of the facilities but at least I eventuallty geotags around to it. 😁 So following resupply we had the Friday, most of Saturday off and Sunday is a usual day off anyway so that tied it off quite well with a decent rest and aContinue reading “MAWSON ACCOMMODATION 27/02/2020”

So I needed a little time to explain this story properly: A part of tradition on the Aurora is that once passed the 60th parallel new expeditioners pay their respects to King Neptune in a little initiation ceremony. This ceremony consists of the appearance of King Neptune and his entourage (cast by a very enthusiasticContinue reading “KING NEPTUNES INITIATION 27/02/2020”

So resupply is finally over!!! YAYYY! All together it took 12 days to complete after we lost a few days to high winds in which the cranes could not operate. This time was well spent catching up with our out-going counterparts to do a decent hand over and get a good feel for the place.DuringContinue reading “END OF RESUPPLY @ 21/2/2020”

How’s everything going back home? Everything is going pretty well over here at the moment. The temperature during the days has been ranging from about -3 to -8 though during the mornings it can be very windy bringing on a lot of wind-chill but I seem to be handling it pretty well. We have beenContinue reading “MAWSON UPDATE @ 16/02/2020”

I have FINALLY arrived!!Feels pretty good to get boots on the ground after 20 days at sea. So we arrived here this morning then had to get all our rooms squared away before we left the ship. Just after lunch we had to get all dressed up and climb our way down from the shipContinue reading “FINALLY ARRIVED AT MAWSON STATION 9/2/2020”

Yep all the living conditions are going pretty well & Adam and I get on pretty well with no dramas. He’s got HEAPS of video games on his laptop which has ended in us hosting more than a few tournaments of Mario Cart and Mario Golf in our cabin during the day. Then at mealContinue reading “EXTRACTS FROM ABOARD 5/2/2020”

Yep all going good on the voyage. We’re off quarantine now so this morning we returned to Davis and dropped off the Navy Hydrographers and picked up a couple people. One is actually a plant operator that will be wintering with us. So we are now on our way to Mawson Station but we areContinue reading “EXTRACTS FROM ABOARD 3/02/2020”

So we arrived at Davis station this morning which has been very cool to get my first look at the continent of Antarctica! The original plan was that we were going to be dropping off a small resupply as well as almost a dozen navy Hydrographers but there has been a small delay because ofContinue reading “EXTRACTS FROM ABOARD 31/1/2020”

That was just another ice berg in the distance in that photo. I’ve not actually seen any other ships since we left. We have finally hit the sea ice! Yesterday afternoon we finally came into it which very quickly created a mad scurry as everyone quickly got dressed and got outside to start taking photos.Continue reading “EXTRACTS FROM ABOARD 30/01/2020”