I spent the day of working on a passage plan for going up to Bird Island which is 70 miles up the coast. It is highly unlikely that we would ever have to however, it is in the emergency plans that we might have to. Better to be ready for it rather than have to figure it all out on the fly. With Sally Poncet on station who knows South Georgia like the back of her hand I was in a great position to get the local knowledge of where to hide a small boat out of the elements all along the coast and in what conditions to go into each ‘bolt hole’.

After scrub out it was time for a BBQ aboard ship as there were two birthdays being celebrated.

So the ship go the hot tub out – as you can see Matt H and three of the crew are enjoying the hot tub on the foredeck.

As per usual the dress code at an Antarctic BBQ is normally insulated work wear!

All good fun and a great way to start the weekend off.