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.

Wednesday 27 March 2024

More pictures from King Edward Point

Here is a second batch of pictures from our trip to King Edward Point (because my computer wouldn’t let me upload them all at once!)

A Falklands conflict helicopter wreck…

Ernest Shackleton’s memorial cross…

And his grave…

South Georgia once the snow had melted a little…

And finally, a beautiful morning as we left Grytviken – it was such a calm day that ice pancakes were forming on the sea.

After two days at sea we are now just approaching Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.  Signy is a very special place to me, as I spent seven seasons there.  I am very much looking forward to seeing it again.  

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