Category: travel
Packed for Antarctica
I couldn’t put it off any longer this weekend I had to flash the plastic and buy 10 months worth of hairspray, conditioner, moisturiser, toothpaste, toothbrushes etc etc etc……. the list went on and on and on. At the supermarket I chickened out off my original plan; the no shampoo / conditioner scenario and hedged…
Packing (hyperventilation) for Antarctica
This week marks my first week as a Station Leader in Antarctica…………….. only I’m still not quite in the big freezer. I’m sitting in an office waiting for the rest of the team to arrive and impatiently organising all the last minute packing and ordering and starting to mildly hyperventilate at the thought of forgetting something important….
A month at home
I can’t wait in 2 weeks I have a whole month off, a whole month to spend with my family. I feel the need to write a list so that I make sure I fit everything I want to do in, I have a whole 15 months of projects to try and complete. A quick…
Six months into my gap year
Living in a culture and country that is different to my own has been a huge experience and it has stretched me in many different ways. There are two main things that I have learnt, on a personal level I have achieved so many firsts and gained confidence in my ability to be independent and…
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To begin my adult gap year I had to find a job, I was sitting in bed reading the paper and there it was Station Leader in Antarctica….. I could do that…….. the selection process was brutal, psychological testing, phone interviews then a five day camp with 16 high achieving, type A personalities all competing…
Jen Wressell 