UK Training
Met training in Cambourne
Climbing masts in Taunton
Abseiling in Derbyshire
First aid in Derriford
Fire training

The Voyage South
Crossing to America
Montevideo
The Falklands
Sub- Antarctic Islands
The Brunt Iceshelf

Halley Research Station
Living on an ice shelf
Summer
Winter
Recording the weather
Holidays

One of the hardest jobs was launching the weather balloon everyday which had to be launched no matter what the conditions. Battling with a gynormous helium balloon in gale force winds is quite alarming.

One of my favourite jobs was measuring the ozone above the station. It was scientists at the British Antarctic Survey working with data collected from Halley that discovered the hole in the ozone layer. My boss Jon was one of the scientists.

Every couple of days we had to go out and measure the snow stakes. These were 10 poles stuck in the ground about 100 meters from the Met platform and used to measure snow accumulation. One day in the middle of winter when it was pitch black outside I spent over an hour looking for the poles! Over the next few weeks I tried numerous and ineffective schemes to light up the poles - like attaching reflective tape which got covered in rime. I was very pleased when the sun finally came back in mid-August.

Meteorologically speaking Halley was classed as a ship and given the code 89022. Sometimes we felt like a ship. The whole base was moving North 2m a day and we rose and sank with the tides. On very windy days the platforms would sway about and I felt quite queezy.