Monday

Message from "Sledge Echo" - 16/01/2012:

We have just finished work in this area, after a glorious 4 days of weather, so now plan another camp move across Johnston Glacier tomorrow....fingers crossed for the weather and safe travel! I am excited to be seeing a new area and some different rocks. With only 2 weeks left to go, I still have a lot of places I want to visit, so we will see how it all goes.

Today we heard a plane in the distance and got very excited, and scrambled to the highest rocks to see if we could see it......it is a rare thing to see other evidence of human activity here. But unfortunately it disappeared and we never saw it. I felt quite strange afterwards - I suppose the feeling one might feel if in dire need and a plane comes near but doesn't see you. Anyway, of course it didn't matter, but it was a curious feeling. We will probably be transferred in a week or so to a new area by Twin Otter anyway, so then we will get to see a plane for real! It's all weather dependent from now on though....