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.

Saturday 7 February 2015

Signy scenery

For the last couple of weeks on Signy the weather has been very mild, foggy and rainy.  This does not help with taking very good photographs!  However, here are a few of the nicer weather moments on Signy so far this season.

 
Me on a day out to the West coast to count Giant Petrel nests.


Sunset at Northpoint.


Sunset with rainbow (which I've never seen at Signy before), just behind the research station.


Sea ice at Signy.


A whale skull on Signy (with me for scale!)- remnants from when Signy used to have a whaling station. 

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