This morning there was sheet ice where the puddles were yesterday after a chilly night. Between repairs on our tents I did four trips out to a krill boat and reefer vessels with the government officer Robert and Andy Black. Sam went on as witness in the morning to the Korean krill vessel.

When this tent was in strong winds the tent poles broke and punctured the pole ”channels”. So today I stitched them all up practicing my suturing knot tying technique from Doc School.

More tent damage to repair that would have ruined your holidays!

The ship is not a factory ship like the one I went on so the krill is just frozen into blocks and kept in a hold at -30C.

The age and therefore condition of the recent Korean and Japanese vessels is in stark contrast to the krill vessels from Norway. The reefer vessel was the Shanghai reefer that had sailed for the Falklands and then turned around to refuel the krill vessel.

Another beautiful blue sky by cold day allowed Sam, Tommy and myself to skin around to Grytviken past Wendy (the weddell seal!) who was hauled out on the snow.

I am on lates tonight but won’t need my torch as we have a beautiful full moon lighting up the mountains covered in snow. I have now finished the History of Britain so I need a new documentary series to bike to in the evenings. Looking forward to the returning sun so instead of working out on a gym machine I can take to the hills again but that won’t be for at least another month.