My room

Cosy :)

Joe beat me to it...!

That's my bed on the left folded up against the wall :) It used to be the doctor's surgery in the 1950's, but the hut hadn't really been used since the 60's :)

.... Doctor's surgery? Oh my! O_o

Red gingham check? My, how...homely!

Never have to make the bed, just fold it away. :)

Amandarin: I'm a geologist who works in Antarctica from time to time :)

Geodyne: Yes, there were lots of homely touches, all added by swarthy men with beards in the 1950's and 60's (*sings* #I'm a lumberjack...) :D

A Room of One's Own?
Really, not Jacob's Room?
Or Orlando's?
Or Melymbrosia's?
How was The Voyage Out?
Did the journey take place over Night and Day?
Did The Hours fly by?
Did you go To the Lighthouse?
Were The Waves very high?
Did you miss The London Scene?
And Kew Gardens?
Do you have toilets that Flush?
(Maybe this response will not make much sense to The Common Reader!)

( and I'm okay...) : )

Which base are you off to this time around, just as a matter of interest?

McN: Is your surname Dalloway? :D
mat: Sadly, no new trips in my immediate future. I've become much more of a manager now :(

No, but I do have a big nose a la Virginia :-)

Ach, I only asked becuase my friend Michael has just landed the job of comms officer at Rothera. I thought it would be very funny if there were TWO mobloggers ended up on the same remote base... (even funnier if you didn't know each other was there...)

(I wonder if anyone has posted to flickr/TA/Buzznet from the antarctic - we could be the first "all continents" moblog service....)

It should be relatively easy to post to Moblog from Antarctica via e-mail. I'm sure it could be arranged :) Does Michael have a moblog? (I'll be looking out for him now) :)

one man and his blog

He's moving Cambridge-wards soon, I think. He's an engineer with BBC R+D right now. Nice chap. Very excited about his new job, I think..

Tell him to look me up (interestingly (but only for me), he started his blog on my birthday) :)

He'll have a fantastic time :)

I know, my friend Robin always has good stories about his time at Rothera. And as for his photos (and yours too). Jawdropping.

I am most jealous - I'd apply for some techie jobs with BAS myself, but I'm in no physical state to be working in Antartica (plus, I don't think I'd be able to maintain moblog very well from that far away!).

I did discuss with Robin the potential for a new sport perfect for places with large expanses of open snow/ice - kite-skiing (like kite buggying, but on skis/snowboard)

Kite skiing/boarding is a very popular sport at Halley (on an ice shelf so plenty of flat areas). I've never been there so I don't have photos, I'm afraid :)

I do have some Antarctic parapenting shots, however, which I'll dig out :)