My day started early, with my 'last' shower and hairwash, followed by a good breakfast and making my packed lunch. Then the met team and pilots finished their meeting and came down to say 'no' to going flying today :( So I didn't go to my field site today after all....it was too cloudy on the Lassiter Coast and so the plane wouldn't be able to land safely. I was disappointed, but in this game you learn to expect plans to change by the hour, and not to have any expectations.
Because all our gear is packed and most of my belongings are in the aircraft hangar, I couldn't really do much other than go outside (what a hardship!). It also happened to be another glorious day here with no wind and temperature up to 5.3 degrees C! Before lunch I walked around Rothera Point, and after lunch I went out skiing with Roger. We drove the skidoo up to 'Vals' which is a safe skiing area a few kilometres away from Rothera, and did a bit of cross country skiing followed by Roger driving me up and down the hillside so I could ski down! Later on he went off by himself and I went back for dinner - I wouldn't want to miss that because it will hopefully by my last proper meal for a few weeks! (I had seconds of pudding)
Here are some photos of the things I saw on my travels today:
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| Weddell Seal on the beach by Rothera |
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| The Rothera diving team in their boat |
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Proving that it is not always cold in Antarctica - skiing in a T-shirt and sunhat
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| Skiing in paradise |
I am feeling optimistic that we will be able to fly tomorrow because the weather forecast is better...... I really hope we do because I have no clean clothes left other than what I will be wearing over the next 6 weeks! I will also have to wash my hair again in the morning to make sure it is as clean as possible for our departure.
Bye for now
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