Today I serviced a Tilley lamp and a primus stove. BAS has been using these since they started operating in Antarctica and seeing as they still work and are easy to service why not keep them. I think I will be buying some on ebay as I really do love the hiss of the paraffin pressure stove and latern. The Primus I was servicing was made in the 1940’s and is still going strong and we have a lot of spares on base to put them back together again.

We had a successful run to the Greene and back today with Andy and Sally who we dropped off finding 5 dead rats which had died as a result of the poison. They had to really search them out but this is good news as it adds to the number that can be used in the genetics study.

This evening 4 of us are invited to the Prince Albert II a fancy cruise ship that is in for the evening. So must jump in the shower as I just ran up to Deadmans and it is so so hot here.