Halloween. In case it’s not scary enough to be traveling
through thick pack-ice with a few thousand feet of water beneath – its
Halloween on the icy ocean.
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| Halloween on the Ice |
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| Helicopter Assembly |
Aside from getting more reading done and one box repacked,
today was the first helicopter operation. After getting the Heli’s ready, yes
they first required the rotor blades to be installed and then one of them could
take off to search for a passage south. The reccie ops however wasn’t as
friendly as hoped, there was no obvious direct way south.
Still we fetched a few pictures and on the
side saw a flock of penguins jumping and ploughing through the frigid waters,
journeying alongside of the Aurora Australis.
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| Off - for a Recci Flight |
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| Halloween Desert |
Dinner time was dress up time. Get your scariest outfit
together was the task. As none of us had been thinking about Halloween prior to
departure no-one was really prepared. However improvisation is always the best
and produced a couple of great outfits. Aside from taking some group photos up
on the bridge and in front of the Aurora Australis sign, a presentation, some
short films and a game of darts was on the evening program. On top of all this
I also got in a run on the running machine. In some way a must as I was wearing
my running pants – really scary muscly pants.
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| Scary Halloween Greetings |
Off to bed now
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