Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Missing home
This week has been a hard week missing home and stuff but time is speeding up, before I know it I'll be home reminiscing about my time in Antarctica.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ice flow off Antarctica
This map of Antarctica shows the flow of ice off the continent.
the blue to pink flows at 0-10 m per year where the red to orange flows at 10-200 m per year
the yellow to white flows at 200 to 1000 m a year.
The flow rate seems to be speeding up and the scientists here are trying to find out whether it is due to global warming or just a natural fluctuation.
The ice is over 2 miles thick in places and for each meter that it progresses to the sea the ice at the coast breaks of into the sea and melts.
How will this affect the planet ?
the blue to pink flows at 0-10 m per year where the red to orange flows at 10-200 m per year
the yellow to white flows at 200 to 1000 m a year.
The flow rate seems to be speeding up and the scientists here are trying to find out whether it is due to global warming or just a natural fluctuation.
The ice is over 2 miles thick in places and for each meter that it progresses to the sea the ice at the coast breaks of into the sea and melts.
How will this affect the planet ?
Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Bluff Bakery
Butlins
Some people liken the Bluff to a Butlins holiday camp, but for the first in and last out there is a lot of work to do as well as fuelling planes etc.
There was Rob who had to get all the weather stations and that sort of thing up and running. I had to get the Aga, Rocket bog, generator and water system up and running then there was Pete the Field GA who did the cooking.
There was Rob who had to get all the weather stations and that sort of thing up and running. I had to get the Aga, Rocket bog, generator and water system up and running then there was Pete the Field GA who did the cooking.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Bad news
The seal pup that I mentioned in my blog a just over a week ago has died.
I went a walk to see how it was doing and was gutted to find it dead, it's mother was still there but the pup was lifeless, I am not sure what had happened to it but I suppose thats nature for you.
(the photo above was taken just an hour after it was born)