This morning i woke to the sight of yet more white covered land in the distance, surrounded by glimmering icebergs. We stopped mid-morning and a cove just off King George island where two of our ribbed boats were launched and sent into a Chinese base, Great Wall to collect a field assistant and a scientist who had been in the field for the last three weeks camping. They were both very happy to see us but happier to see the sight of a good square meal. Un be knowing to me when i took this photo there are actually two penguins just behind the crane jumping out of the water.
This evening we all celebrated the birthday of one of the artists who is going down to Rothera for the summer, with cocktails on the monkey island. Anne who is 21 at heart has taken lots of inspiration from her journey on the JCR I'm sure this will be the most memorable of all her birthdays.