Ice, Penguins and Stars
Once again it has been a whole month since my last Post and midwinters day does seem a long time ago. July has been in all honesty a bit of a grind, with lots of us feeling like its Groundhog Day each morning. Whilst in reality no two days are exactly the same there are lots of similarities. Whether it is the week-end or a week day we pretty much have the same routine, see the same people, view the same sights, hear the same roaring wind. There are occasionally opportunities to venture out into the field or travel to the huts for an overnight trip but the last month has been cold and dark and this tends to suck some of the motivation out of you to get organised and go and do it. However, there has been one trip we have all been falling over ourselves to go and do this last month... the trip to visit the Auster Emperor Penguin Colony!! Mawson station is the only Australian Antarctic Station close enough to an Emperor colony to...