Karen tries to breathe some life into the XBT system!
Karen tries to breathe some life into the XBT system!
Penguins getting near the end of the runway at Rothera. "These
wings don't work. We'd better take the ship".
Nothing better to do at Rothera.
Crew, scientists and winterers winding the new CTD cable back
on to the drum from which it had just come.
The winterers at Rothera say goodbye in the traditional manner.
The chief engineer gallops forward on horse racing night.
The JCR approaches the narrow entrance to Deception Island.
(From left to right) Dave L, Sally, Richard, Nick, Mark, Kate,
John and Tom hope the captain steers to the left a bit.
Some of the officers try to escape at the thought of 100 more CTD stations.
The Bransfield sails by at the South Orkneys.
Sally re-enacts a scene from psycho with her birthday cake.
Dave (left) generates random numbers on the deck unit whilst Mark (right)
chooses those that match his prediction for the depth of the Proudman
Oceanographic Laboratory bottom pressure recorder. Nick and Lizzy
look on in amazement.
Some thirty minutes after it was predicted to reach the surface
the POL bottom pressure recorder is recovered. Relief all round!
The James Clark Ross in Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. Mount Paget (9625 feet) in the background.
The scientific team at King Edward Point, Grytviken, South Georgia.
Images by Simon Wright and David Stevens.
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