This week we had the opportunity to put the boats in, this year has seen the one of the longest years on record for sea ice, it has now cleared enough to allow access to the burgs located about 4k's from the Station.
We have 3 IRB's on station, 2 powered by 40hp motors, the third is an aluminium bottom IRB with a 50hp motor. These trips are undertaken in our own time generally after dinner when the wind has calmed enough, we can only go out if the temp is above -2 and wind below 11 knots, so days and times are limited. On this occassion the temp was about -1 to 0 wind was about 6 knots, so not as glassy as we would have liked but still pretty amazing.
We also went around the back of Magnetic Island which houses a large Adele penguin colony, this is generally where the Leopard seals and Orca's hang, not to be seen on this occasion unfortunately.
Hope you enjoy the pics below.
Theramal underwear
Fleece top and pants
Neck Gator/Balaclava
Beanie
Inner gloves and outer
Sunnies
Mustang suit over (pfd 2, freezer type suit)
In the event of a bad day, each boat has 5 sleeping bags, Boat bivy, 5 life jackets, 40 litres of fuel, flares, 3 x radios, EPIRB
Bruce Coxwain, standing, from left, Cam Chris, Craig, and Ben
This was one of my favourites
The deep grooves in the side are generally caused by the water, the burgs tip over exposing them.
Adele Penguin colony on Magnetic Island.
Some of the Elephant seals on the beach enjoying the sun.
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