Between August 2008 and April 2018 I spent a number of years working on Signy Island (South Orkney Islands) and Bird Island (South Georgia) for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). I worked as a Zoological Field Assistant on the penguin, seal and albatross long-term monitoring programme. After a 5 year break, i'll be heading back down to Bird Island in Janary 2024 for another dose of penguin work.

This blog gives readers an insight into my day-to-day life in the Antarctic, from my first trip south in 2008 to the present day.

Friday, 24 July 2009

and a few more pictures

The sea begins to freeze on a cold day (the base in the background)

Giant petrel, sheathbill and skua prints in the snow

Leopard seals

Wanderer chick in the snow (base in the distance)

White morph southern giant petrel in the snow. Most southern giant petrels here are greyish- we had 6 white ones breeding on the island this year. The white morph becomes more common at lattitudes further south.
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