We left the hut planning on possibly climbing an unamed peak from Deadmans however, when we got there there was blowing snow from the plateau below the summit and the sky looked a little ominous and with a forcast of 30 knot winds we decided to head on home. Well the sky cleared to beautiful blue and there was no wind but by then we were back at Grytviken having snowshoed in deep snow from Maivaten.

This is Rob and Andy next to the remains of the old ski jump at Grytviken.

The cove was full of pancake ice in the tidal area but pretty solid thick ice covered the rest of the cove.

As it was Sarah’s birthday I made limoncello cookies and we presented her with her gift made by Rob, Tommy and myself. The present is made with recycled materials – the ice tongs are an old baking tray, the glasses and ice bucket from Navy Rum and London Gin bottles and the wood base from an old bedstead and mahogoney from the fishing vessel wreck. (Picture by Pat Lurcock)