When the definition of normal is challenged and you have to figure out what is important
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Finding the Emperor penguins
I desperately needed a weekend away, by Friday last week I was turning into a hater, there was not much empathy left in my heart and I needed a urgent recharge. Six weeks on station in a row was becoming a little bit like ground hog day and I was running out of love for every-one, hubby and family…
As the long night draws near
The days have been slowly getting shorter until finally we have no light, instead we have Aurora Australis
internet withdrawals
Imagine what it is like to have no internet, how did people used to communicate
Muffin Day
Saturday and the chef has gone camping… domestic goddess moment has arrived!!!
14 weeks of lessons
Lots of people have asked if it has been worth it coming to Antarctica, its only been 14 weeks so its probably a little bit early to say but I have learnt one thing, the benefit of taking time out. At home life is a constant rush; from one adventure to the next, one holiday…
ANZAC day
It is the ANZAC day long weekend, and this year I can’t remain completely unknowledgeable or ambivalent because I have to take the dawn service. I never truly engaged with the ANZAC story or really gave it much thought until a few years ago when two events happened, first I moved to the middle east…
Learning to talk boy
I have never had a lot to do with men, they have always been kind of mysterious and slightly odd. I went to an all girls school for most of my adolescents and then I went to Uni and studied nursing were the majority of the other students and lecturers were girls. Since I left Uni…
A sad day to be a remote area nurse
Today I am shocked and saddened by the murder of a fellow remote area nurse, I never work with Gayle but I have potentially been in her shoes on many occasions and fortunately walked away every time. On Thursday Gayle was not so lucky and it should be a wake up call for us all….
Jen Wressell 