Kneeling we are almost eye to eye, when you look directly at the birds they shuffle like naughty children, nudging each other to the front of the group. When you look through the camera or away from them, you can hear them shuffling closer on the ice, occasionally they peer up the lens of the camera.
Tag: Antarctica
A sunny day in paradise
The light shines on the glaciers highlighting the ancient blue glacial ice that peeks through the snow that has clung to the icy surface. It reflects off the snow and ice, bouncing up to blind my eyes as I walk across the station. Looking across the Islands and ice bergs it is easy to see that spring is only a few days way
As the long night draws near
The days have been slowly getting shorter until finally we have no light, instead we have Aurora Australis
The growing darkness
I am cautious about a lot of things; Number one is water or more correctly standing on a stone fish, getting eaten by a shark or anything that brushes my foot in ankle deep water. Number two food that repeats for hours like red onion, beer, capsicum and Fray Bentos pies Number three tea breath,…
Salami Antarctica Style
The days are getting shorter at Mawson, everyday 15 minutes a day of light is yielding to night and the moon is still seen high in the sky in the afternoon. The weather is also getting colder, this week -30 with wind chill. It is hideously cold. The windows are triple glazed but there are…
Hydroponic happiness
So last week, it all started to feel a little bit like ground hog day. Get up, get dressed, go to office, go back to room. 12 weeks in and I was starting to question myself which is kind of unfortunate considering that there is over 6 months to go. Probably wasn’t helped by the…
Climbing a mountain in clown shoes
This week I climbed a Mountain!!!! Now admittedly it was kind of small, probably more of a hill at only 883 metres but I was dead impressed with myself as I sat at the top and surveyed the Plateau. I like to think that I am the outdoorsy type but deep down I know that…
3 little penguins
So the sea ice has finally formed and all we can see in every direction is white, the ocean has disappeared for the next few months. It is still a little bit thin for us to walk on and ‘breaths’ like it is alive, as a wave comes in it inhales and floats up and…
The ice is forming
In the last week the temperature started dropping and with Equinox on Monday the days will rapidly become shorter. The change has snuck up on me, it is like the seasons just switched all of a sudden. It was minus 17 this morning when I went outside, and there was a light dusting of snow…
Jen Wressell 