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.

Tuesday 21 June 2011

The end of the adventure...

The gentoo penguins go about their daily life as the RSS.Ernest Shackleton arrives to take me home.

Wandering albatrosses display in the sunset.
Wandering albatrosses displaying.

Some of my Wanderers.

The last few days of my time on Bird Island.

Wanderer and chick.

One of my wanderer chicks.