There were a myriad of talks today at Conference – every now and again there is a little bit of information that sticks in your brain. For everyone that is different depending on their interest. I hadn’t really thought I know I should have known this but the solar panels on the new building at Rothera are North Facing because we are in the Southern Hemisphere. When you grow up in the Northern Hemisphere you are always thinking about how it is great to have a south facing garden – not what you want in the south at all unless you want frost bite. A glaciologist got up and explained his theory for the break up of the Larson Ice Shelf and another scientist talked about a project which mapped a mountain range under the ice shelf that is the size of the Alps.

I have been really impressed by BAS and how it involves everyone from Chefs, trades, PHD students, press in all aspects of the operations. We have learnt about the engineering and technology behind everything that happens within the organization, had some personnel exercises, listened to some more science lectures, learnt about health and safety and also about how BAS works with other countries to get projects done.

So basically another long day with some great information being disseminated and more getting to know the people that I will be working alongside down south.

The food continues to be plentiful I can see why people put on weight down there! So I went for a swim this morning with the Dr and Base Commander which we will do again in the morning. Looking forward to all the recreation activities down south.

I will leave you with this link that shows my ‘office’ down south. The picture at the top of this blog is of the boats being put into the water off the wharf – I will be going on a course to learn how to run the cranes and tractors as this is part of my job down there.