Heading South Again....

Heading south for another trip to the Antarctic in the RSS Ernest Shackleton. On leaving Scilly I managed to get this photograph of Higher Town on St Martins. Can see the work on the quay progressing and the pontoon in the par.

Arrived in Cape Town on the 30th of November, went to the agents office where i waited for the ship to come in to Cape Town Harbour, took this photograph of the MV Amderma the Russian cargo ship that has been contracted in to BAS to under take the transport of the Larger Components of the new Halley VI base build.

Keeping a watch for the Ice on the 8-12 watch during the morning watch. The First sight of Ice on the way south from cape town, may have seen the video in the earlier posts of that rough weather!

Flying South

I left home on the helicopter and started my journey down south my last view of home for maybe 4 months.

Set off from Brize Norton and headed to Ascension Island, after 8 hours in the air we got an hours stop in the cage!

Playing spot the crew at Ascension!



An escort into Falkland air space!


Arrival in the Falkland Islands was on the 9th of March and we joined the ship on the following Sunday which was the 11th.