As ever the start of the Halley season started with the long journey from London to Cape Town and then the flights to Antarctica. We boarded the usual Russian Ilyshun which lands on an ice runway and then did the 5 hour flight from Novo to Halley in a Basler aircraft.

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6 Images | halley | Antarctic Painting

Well, it’s almost time to head south again for another 5 months of painting, demolition and digging snow.

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Construction, Travel | | | 3 Comments
3 Images | demolition, penguins, snow | Antarctic Painting

Over the last three weeks its been all action at Halley to get the base finally finished so that the 14 winterers are able to stay in the base.

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8 Images | marathon, penguins, whales | Halley VI

The season is moving on and there are only four weeks to go before we have to leave on the ship...

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4 Images | bbq, penguins | Halley VI

With the weeks seeming to flash by here at Halley, even Christmas was over fairly quickly...

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7 Images | christmas, food & drink, petrel, seal | Halley VI

Over the last couple of weeks the main topic of conversation here at Halley has been food ... do I forsee a Roman style banquet?

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Ornithology, Travel | | 9 Comments
5 Images | christmas, emergency food, penguins | Halley VI

Today I was lucky enough to travel the 40kms to Windy Bay where there is an Emperor Penguin colony...

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Ornithology | | 7 Comments
5 Images | penguins | Halley VI

The work at Halley 6 is progressing and we are told that everything is on schedule!

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Construction, Skiing | | 5 Comments
1 Image | Halley VI