Arrival at Davis Station 68deg 35min South 77deg 58min East

Finally land after 22 days at sea, 8.00am Wednesday the 6-11-13 Davis Station is now in sight and Ice burgs are an integral part of the landscape, an awesome sight there is minimal wind about -8, the bow of the ship is packed with cameras as we start our approach to the Station in the fast ice. Fast ice is hard ice which has been there since last season, it is approx. 1-1.8m in thickness.

 More burgs which sit just off Davis in the open ocean, these move up and down the coast once the ice is broken up over summer.

 View from the Living Quarters on the station to the airfield, the air strip is capable of landing a bazzler with no problem on the ice, the winterer s have been constructing the airstrip before our arrival, air ops will be based here for the Summer months only.











My Home for the next 12 months, rooms are comfortable and clean. With 24 hours of daylight approaching, the curtain is heavy which blocks the light out fine. It's warm on station in teh buildings temperature sits around 19-20 deg c which is very comfortable.

 These are containers to be returned to Australia, as part of quarantine requirements, nothing must have dirt or snow on it when returned, Chris was lumbered with the high water pressure cleaning of the buildings at -5 + wind chill, not a great job however, he completed the task with no complaints.

Living area in the LQ, there is a pool table, table tennis, Theatre, Bar of course, however no alcohol is permitted until after the re supply due some dickheads last year playing up.

 Mess area with accommodation for approx. 100 people, bit tight but we fit.

 Re supply activities, the Aurora Australis is in the background, parked in the Fast Ice, its about a 2.6k's away. Trucks loaded with containers and other goods travel along the designated roads to bring the materials and goods in. Pretty spectacular when you are driving 30 tonnes of truck and load across nothing but ice, which by the way is about 1.7m in thickness. The ship is sitting in approx 200m of water where it sits, so if something was to go wrong we're all gone.

RTA, equipement does not last that long here, this truck had about 30,000k's and was due to be changed over. The 4WD utes last probably a little less, harsh environment on motors and gear.

 In front of the ship, pretty standard pose for expeditions here.