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Ian
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Friday 13th is 2 Weeks Late

Sunday, 29th January 2012 by Ian
adelie-penguinThe season is moving on and there are only four weeks to go before we have to leave on the ship...

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Christmas and New Year on the Ice

Tuesday, 3rd January 2012 by Ian
With the weeks seeming to flash by here at Halley, even Christmas was over fairly quickly...

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Happy Christmas from Antarctica!!

Thursday, 22nd December 2011 by Ian
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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Windy Bay Penguin Colony

Sunday, 4th December 2011 by Ian
Today I was lucky enough to travel the 40kms to Windy Bay where there is an Emperor Penguin colony...

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A day in the life…

Sunday, 4th December 2011 by Ian
Skiing at Halley 6The work at Halley 6 is progressing and we are told that everything is on schedule!

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It nearly gets Dark…

Sunday, 27th November 2011 by Ian
The highlight of this week was on Thursday when we got up early (5am) for a partial eclipse of the sun...

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The Halley season begins

Sunday, 20th November 2011 by Ian
Well, after quite a few hours travelling, I finally arrived at Halley at 9am last Wednesday...

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The Halley Build… continues

Saturday, 5th November 2011 by Ian
A week to go before I head south for the Antarctic summer season

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