Through Rosey's Tinted Spectacles

.... science never sleeps. An opportunity came up for Mairi and I to visit our weather station on the Ronne Ice Shelf. It's a long jo...

Movember at Rothera. Being in Antarctica does not stop our menfolk from sporting some excellent moustaches. Movember, Antarctica Day and ...

Sun-up. Definitely (yet another) moment to remember from my time at Rothera. Feeling the sun on my face and the glare in my eyes for the ...

We reached base and were able to carry George straight into the surgery where Mairi, Ash and Rob had been working hard to set everything ...

Once we reached the skidoos, we strapped George onto a sledge and set off in convey back to base. Dale did an excellent job of counter-ba...

After getting caught up in the bothy bag, tripping over George and tripping over his bad leg several times, we finally managed to get him...

George (our base commander) had dropped a hint that there may be a training incident on Wednesday afternoon. So when at lunch time today ...

Rothera A+E on a Thursday afternoon. Poor Greendog was tackling the post lunch washing-up when an unyielding pineapple tin sliced the top...

A foggy, almost-Spring morning at Rothera. Despite the fact that it has only been 3 weeks since Midwinter, it feels very Springy here to...

With the temperatures staying consistently low (-16 degrees C here), sea ice is forming around Rothera point. Once the ice is fully forme...

Perhaps not the best photo I have ever taken but this is what an Antarctic storm looks like. Winds gusting up to 60 knots and snow blowing...

View from Old Bransfield, looking north, at around 11:30 am.

With the sun just skirting below horizon we are treated to hours of beautiful low light. This is just around the point, looking east towa...

One of the highlights of wintering at an Antarctic base is Midwinters. It's taken as seriously as Christmas is at home, and of course...

With day light hours rapidly dwinding we have to take every opportunity to get out and enjoy it, even if it means taking a few hours off ...

 The view across Ryder Bay out to one of my favourite mountains, looking particularly wintery.

Icicles forming over the doorway to Old Bransfield.

The Rothera 2012 wintering team at sun-down with what is left of our flag. At sun-up Scott (the youngest member of the team) will raise...

Sun-down at Rothera. Following tradition, at solar noon, the oldest member of our team lowered the flag at Rothera to mark sun-down. 65 d...

We have a satellite dish here called ARIES (Antarctic reception of images for environmental science). One of my morning jobs is to check ...

I know it looks like another picture of Rothera but we've just realised we've only got 10 more days of sunshine, so I thought I ...

In the Comms Tower. This is where all the official comms (including air traffic control) takes place. It's the orange tower shown in ...

Sun rise over Rothera at 9:15.

It's not the best photo, but it really captures what it was like- blinding sun light, and strong, gusting winds, on our decent from No...

Today started out pretty overcast and very windy. Despite this, Scott very kindly took Tim and me up to North Stork to climb Straight from...

Over the winter Dr Rob doc is running Docschool. So far we have learnt some basic first aid, triage and how to prepare the surgery. Today...

Scott and Dale visiting during an afternoon of lie-up. Pyramid tents work incredibly well and are very comfortable. They are tall enough ...

Antarctica in winter can be a bit blustery (even in its first week). High winds, low cloud and a lot of snow kept us tent bound for sever...

High winds and heavy snowfall can cause serious problems so campcraft it pretty important here. From foreground to background is a skidoo...

During the winter every member of the team heads out into the field for a winter trip. The idea behind it is to give everyone a break fro...

Rothera wintering team, enjoying winter (10 minutes in). From left to right: George (winter base commander), Steve (field assistant), Phil...

Amidst our farewell rockets and flares the Shack turned to face us, honked on her horn, and then headed off to start her long journey ba...

Ice on the Shack's mooring ropes.

Ever since I got this job, I have been told about what it will be like when the Shack leaves Rothera for the last time at the end of summ...

Niv (one of our field assistants) very kindly took me out on a traverse of Reptile ridge today. It was a really beautiful day, sunny, calm...

I don't want to alarm anyone, but I think there might be a ostrich nesting on Lagoon Island.

Before they all left, the remaining girls decided we should have a girlie night, so the six of us went over to Lagoon Island for the nigh...

With the planes all fledged, base has suddenly become a lot quieter. We are now down to about 40, 18 of whom will be staying through the ...

With all the field work completed, the air unit was able to pack up and fly home. One by one the Twin Otters left Rothera to begin their ...

Nighttime at Rothera is a bit of a novalty at the moment. It crept in slowly at first, but now arrives with conviction and stays for sever...