… with a very quiet bit in the middle. This year we had the whole family around.

More

Climbing Wall, Family, Fun, Walking | | | 3 Comments
7 Images | christmas, new year, ratho arena

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

More

Travel, Work | | 6 Comments
7 Images | christmas, food & drink, petrel, seal | Halley VI

We woke up late, again. Chamonix seems to do this to me. I blame it on the clear air and the snug warm apartment, but perhaps this time it was also because the streets were very quiet. Father Christmas had done his job and most people seemed to be pre-occupied in doors.

More

Skiing | | 4 Comments
5 Images | cakes, christmas

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

More

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

The glorious winter weather held on for Xmas...

More

Family | | No Comments
christmas

The last week has been a slow journey of winding our way through the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, occasionally getting stuck for between 15 minutes and 8 hours at a time.

More

Travel | | 8 Comments
9 Images | christmas, football, penguins | Antarctic Painting

It was a glorious day, dinner could wait, so we went for a walk.

More

Fun, Walking | | 1 Comment
6 Images | christmas, food & drink, Snow Angel

The four members of the West Midlands Cave Exploration Group were so popular that the only night that they had free was a Monday...

More

Cooking, Events | | 9 Comments
3 Images | christmas