Professor Lloyd Peck (Biologist) is off on the Dash on Monday he is the last of our visiting scientist to depart. Despite it meaning over 20 knots we went out for his last dive this year for a little 15 minute jolly at 30meters. This was around his 530th Antarctic dive having visited the Antarctica 10 times in his career. In 2009 he was awarded a Polar Medal. The Polar Medal was instituted in 1904 for members of Captain Scott’s first expedition to the Antarctica. Regulations required that ‘acquisition of knowledge of polar regions shall normally be ten years such service to be considered a medal’. Greater emphasis is now placed on individual service.

In the meantime this morning I fitted a choke to an engine that didn’t have one and prepped three engines to be sent out on the ship back to the UK for sale. Yesterday we got in quite a bit of boating but Wednesday was a wash out with it blowing up to 50 knots.

This afternoon I will be making creme brulee after many people asked for an encore!