Blog Profile / Antarctic Conservation Blog
| URL : | http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/antarctic-conservation?view=blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Local Interest / Antarctica | |
| Posts on Regator: | 400 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.5 | |
| Archived Since: | April 28, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
A walk to blue sky
Author: Marie Date: 5/05/2013 Temperature: -25 Wind Speed: 10 knots Temperature with wind chill: -30 Sunrise: n/a Sunset: n/a Last Suday to enjoy the last minutes of daylight we went for a walk that is quite famous here: Castle Rock loop. Show More Summary
Lord of the Flies/Ski's
Author: Stefan Date: 08/05/2013 Temperature: -40 degrees C Wind speed: 5 knots Temp with wind chill: -51 degrees C Sunrise: N/A Sunset: N/A One of the most fascinating personnel choices for the Cape Evans shore party was one Tryggve "Trigger" Gran. Show More Summary
Removing some soot... for good measure
Author: Sue Date: 7 May 2013 Temperature: -41 degrees C Wind Speed: 10 knots Temp with wind chill: -55 degrees C Sunrise: n/a
Sunset: n/a In our conservation work on the artefacts from the explorer's huts here in Antarctica we often get little surprises. Show More Summary
Jaime Ward
When it's 10pm and warm and comfortable inside Scott Base the last thing you want to do is to struggle into layers of warm clothing and head outside. When it is also -27 with snow drifting in the gusting winds, it is even less appealing. Show More Summary
Leftover of country cooking history
Here, when you mention "back country" cooking, it referrs to some dehydrated chicken and peas, dehydrated soup, with a dehydrated orange tasting juice, and eventually some porridge powder. No offence to any "central land" gastronomy, it's just the easiest thing we can bring to have for dinner when we're going out. Show More Summary
The winds of change
Author: Jaime Ward Date: 24/04/2013 Temperature: -32 degrees Wind Speed: 10 knots Temperature with wind chill: -47 degrees Sunrise: The sun no longer rises Sunset: And therefore never sets With rapidly dwindling hours of daylightShow More Summary
500 done, 1000 to go
Author: Stefanie Date: 24 April 2013 Temperature: -32.3 Windspeed: 20/ 14 kts Temp with wind chill: -51 Sunrise: 12.16 Sunset 13.23 Thursday the 11 th of April was a day of celebration for us as we all felt a great sense of achievement. Show More Summary
Hijinks on the High Seas
Author: Stefan Date: 23/04/2013 Temperature: -26 degrees Windspeed: 13 knots Temperature with Wind Chill: -39 degrees Sunrise: 11.46am Sunset: 1.56pm Being down on the Ice is a difficult balance. All winter-over staff (AHT+AntNZ) have a massive amount of work to get through during the season. Show More Summary
Winter Routines
Author: Sue Date: 17 April 2013 Temperature: -32 degrees Wind Speed: 20 knots Temperature with wind chill: -50 degrees Sunrise: 10.19am Sunset: 3.34pm When the AHT winter team arrived on the ice ten weeks ago we arrived to 24-hr daylight... Show More Summary
Antarctica. The shocking truth
Author: Jaime Ward Date: 26/03/2013 Temperature: -31 degrees celcius Wind Speed: About 15-20 knots Temperature with wind chill: - 49 degrees celcius Sunrise: 8.30am-ish Sunset: 8.00pm Despite valiant efforts to comprehensively understand...Show More Summary
A Guessing Game
Author: Stefanie Date: 10th April 2013 Temperature: -22.4 ° C Wind Speed: 20/13 kts Temp with wind chill: -34 ° C Sunrise: 09:14 Sunset:16:31 I refer you to a blog written by conservator John in December 2011: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/community/antarctic-conservation/blog/2012/01/16/mystery-from-the-hut-of-captain-scott-at-cape-evans...Show More Summary
Graphic art in the lab
Author: Marie Date: 08/04/13 Temperature: -16 Wind speed: 9 knots Temp with wind chill: -24 Sunrise: 8:58am Sunset: 4:49pm Some artefacts just fascinate you. They take you back somewhere, sometime, straight away. They're appealing. Show More Summary
Cook, my cook
Author: Marie Date: 25/03/13 Temperature: - 32C Wind speed: 15 knots Temp with wind chill: -49C Sunrise: 9am Sunset: 9pm If you have ever seen Dead Poets Society you would remember the boys shouting 'Captain, my captain'. The title...Show More Summary
The Frozen Few
Author: Stefan Date: 20/03/13 Temperature: -13.5C Wind speed: 12 knotos Temp with wind chill: -25C Sunrise: N/A Sunset: N/A Not long ago we had a long weekend (two days), a rare treat on Scott Base, and we took the opportunity of getting out on a 'Fam trip'. Show More Summary
Stitching history
Author: Stefanie Date: 20 March 2013 Temperature: -13.8 Wind speed: 50 / 12 knots Temp with wind chill: -28C Sunrise: 05:50 Sunset: 20:00 I smiled when I saw the sewing kit that we were issued with when receiving our extreme cold weather gear in Christchurch. Show More Summary
Peace at last
Author: Jaime Temperature: -15C Wind speed: 10 knots Sunrise: N/A Sunset: N/A With departure of the last flight last Saturday, we are finally alone here and after the frantic activity of recent weeks, a real sense of calm has overtaken both Scott Base and Mc Murdo. Show More Summary
A brush with a horse whisperer
Author: Sue Temperature: -14 degrees Wind Speed: 0 Temp with wind chill: -14 degrees Sunrise: 05:50 Sunset: 20:12 Last Friday was a day like any other for us in the lab at Scott Base. A crate of frozen objects from Scott's Terra Nova hut had just thawed and I selected one for treatment. Show More Summary
Installation of the winter conservation laboratory
Author: Stefanie Date: 6 March 2013 Temperature: -24C Wind Speed: 30 / 12 knots Temp with wind chill: -35C Sunrise: 04:54 Sunset: 21:10 In preparation for the winter's extreme cold and darkness, we have moved the conservation laboratory...Show More Summary
Staying Alive
Author: Sue Date: 24 February 2013 Temperature: -5 C Wind Speed: 5 knots Temp with wind chill: -9 C Sunrise: 23:51 Sunset: 04:10 Anyone spending time in Antarctica needs to learn how to live and work safely and how to survive in...Show More Summary
Sun setting, or rising
Author: Marie-Amande Date: 6 March 2013 Temperature: -25C Wind Speed: 15 knots Temp with wind chill: -35C Sunrise: Everlasting Sunset: Everlasting Antoine de Saint Exupery was a French pioneer aviator and writer who travelled worldwide and disappeared at sea in a plane crash in 1944. Show More Summary