Sterling Adventures » Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Friday 13th is 2 Weeks Late http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/29/friday-13th-is-2-weeks-late/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/29/friday-13th-is-2-weeks-late/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:54:12 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=17225 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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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/29/friday-13th-is-2-weeks-late/feed/ 5 Christmas and New Year on the Ice http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:53:29 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16550 With the weeks seeming to flash by here at Halley, even Christmas was over fairly quickly...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2012/01/03/christmas-and-new-year-on-the-ice/feed/ 6 Happy Christmas from Antarctica!! http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:24:04 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16363 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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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/22/happy-christmas-from-antarctica/feed/ 9 Windy Bay Penguin Colony http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/windy-bay-penguin-colony/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/windy-bay-penguin-colony/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:39:02 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16200 Today I was lucky enough to travel the 40kms to Windy Bay where there is an Emperor Penguin colony...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/windy-bay-penguin-colony/feed/ 7 A day in the life… http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/a-day-in-the-life/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/a-day-in-the-life/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:00:17 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16195 The work at Halley 6 is progressing and we are told that everything is on schedule!

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/12/04/a-day-in-the-life/feed/ 5 It nearly gets Dark… http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/it-nearly-gets-dark/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/it-nearly-gets-dark/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:08:07 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16098 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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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/27/it-nearly-gets-dark/feed/ 9 The Halley season begins http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/20/the-halley-season-begins/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/20/the-halley-season-begins/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:48:36 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=16014 Well, after quite a few hours travelling, I finally arrived at Halley at 9am last Wednesday...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/20/the-halley-season-begins/feed/ 5 The Halley Build… continues http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/05/the-halley-build-continues/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/05/the-halley-build-continues/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:14:44 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15783 A week to go before I head south for the Antarctic summer season

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/11/05/the-halley-build-continues/feed/ 5 The Fatboys Stanage Struggle http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/the-fatboys-stanage-struggle/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/the-fatboys-stanage-struggle/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:24:57 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15246 Last Sunday Anna extended her fell race events, by entering the Stanage struggle.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/the-fatboys-stanage-struggle/feed/ 5 Rachel’s birthday Cave trip http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/rachels-birthday-cave-trip/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/rachels-birthday-cave-trip/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:05:09 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15229 Last weekend we joined Rachel and many of her friends in Derbyshire for her mid-year birthday celebrations.

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/09/20/rachels-birthday-cave-trip/feed/ 7 Zac on the C2C http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/27/ac-is-currently/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/27/ac-is-currently/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:01:39 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=15085 from Zac on the C2C

]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/08/27/ac-is-currently/feed/ 3 The Chicken and Egg Test http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/12/the-chicken-and-egg-test/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/12/the-chicken-and-egg-test/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:50:25 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=13955 I have now increased the chicken flock in Aspatria to 6, and the youngsters are all now laying...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/06/12/the-chicken-and-egg-test/feed/ 8 The Silvretta Ski Tour http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/04/11/the-silvretta-ski-tour/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/04/11/the-silvretta-ski-tour/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:16:32 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12999 Late March is the time for ski-touring in the alps and this year we timed it just right for oue exploration of the Silvretta area of Austria...

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]]> http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/20/keswick-trails-again/feed/ 4 The Journey North http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/09/the-journey-north/ http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2011/03/09/the-journey-north/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:05:36 +0000 Ian http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=12759 The last 10 days have seen us travelling from Halley to the UK...........

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