Category Archives: New Zealand

Boomerang’d

Posted on 06/01/2016 by

Two days later and I’m back in the hotel in Christchurch. On day 1 we were scheduled to leave on the 4th flight of the day, but our departure got delayed several times until it was postponed to the following … Continue reading →

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I be clothed.

Posted on 03/01/2013 by

Stage 1: Christchurch, the portal to Antarctica for the New Zealanders, Americans and Italians. Our team is reunited and we’ve picked up our Antarctica clothing! However, just as our excitement was bubbling up inside we got news that weather conditions … Continue reading →

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Antarctica Day!

Posted on 01/12/2012 by

Today, 1st December, is officially Antarctica Day! So I hope you’re dressed as penguins right now, munching iceberg lettuce at your street parties with snowflake paper chains from lamp-post to lamp-post. Why is there an Antarctica Day? On the 1st December … Continue reading →

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Glacier detectives

Posted on 12/06/2012 by

A fairly busy last few months has involved proposal writing, lab work, seminar presenting and even some fieldwork, this time just down the road (relative to my Antarctic expedition). This fieldwork was part of a fellow blogger’s PhD project, focussed … Continue reading →

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