Back in New Zealand!
We are back to Christchurch. We landed last night and for the first time in 31 days, we saw the darkness of the night. I was happy with...
Last day deep-south!
We woke in the morning to our flights being confirmed! Yay! Some of us went for our last walk on the island! Kate, Virginie, Tess and I...
Python (but no flying circus)
The day started with Harriet giving a Python tutorial, unfortunately because of our internet restrictions we could not all download some...
Tess' Birthday!
Today is the day we were scheduled to leave, and we have confirmed that our flight is rescheduled for Monday. Today is also Tess’...
Delayed!
It is a weird feeling to be finished with our research project, but we are still busy with the logistics of packing up and getting ready...
Presentation day
Today is the day that we presented our projects, and the official end of the scientific part of the course. We ended up forming 4 groups...
Cape Evans
It has been a long discussion in the past week or so if we would have helicopter time to go to Cape Evans. With the helicopter flights to...
Ice edge flight!
That was one once in a lifetime experience. There are different factors that organisms living in the ice edge might be exposed to...
Counting colonies
It was nice to have a day off, and it gave us a new perspective when coming back to work. I find it nice, and important to step out for a...
First Day off: Castle Rock!
The anticipation of the day off made us all very happy and more inclined to have a late night. After being all cozy in bed reading my...