The wildlife is amazing here, on Christmas eve Michelle, John, Ben and I went on the Skua survey. Ben was holding a flag to mark our territory against the skewers as we needed to measure eggs within their nest, as very territorial birds it can be quite a challenge to get close. John was logging our position on a GPS, while I was using binoculars to get the tag information.
Living on an airfield is a dream since I was younger, so moving away from Usk Gliding club which is only a few fields away from my house in Wales, to then living at Lasham this summer as a tug pilot and now I'm here at Rothera watching a Dash-7 and twin otters taking off everyday is amazing!!
I also feel spoilt with the chance to dive here, the wildlife is so diverse. It's also mind boggling that I would much rather be in the ice covered water than above it, as the air is so much colder!
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| This is me collecting sediment samples for a microplastic project that I am studying. |
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| Anna and I during our snowboarding sesh,. |
A photo of some Adelie penguins because they're so cute.
All of the Bonner Lab staff had a call from Samways and Adam the boaties to say that there were Orca in the bay...we all ran down but missed them! Once we see Orca we cannot dive for 4 hours and then 30 minutes prior to a dive one person needs to conduct an lepoard seal and orca watch before the divers are allowed in the water.
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| My family did keep a place for me at the dinner table though - cute! I've spoken to them alot over the past few days! |
This is what keeps me distracted....the views here are just incredible.
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| MERRY CHRISTMAS |