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.

Thursday, 3 November 2011

The plan (and Frozen Planet)

So, for those of you who are wondering what the plan is, here it is...
I fly from the UK on 6th December, to South America, where I am then flown to the BAS research station Rothera, on the Antarctic peninsula. I get three days there, before joining one of the BAS ships, the James Clark Ross, to take me to Signy, the island in the South Orkney islands where I will be spending the summer (UK winter). Thats all for now, but there will be photos once I get going.

Oh, and make sure you are watching Frozen Planet... Much of the South Georgia stuff was filmed on Bird Island during my first summer there.
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