Today has been the coldest day at Rothera since I've been here, temperatures plummeted to -18 degrees C. The winds have averaged 38 knots with maximum gusts around 58knots, at these speeds the windchill factor means it feels around -45 degrees C. A few of us took a walk up the cross on Rothera Point to experience the elements, we were only out for 15-20 minutes but Dickie's nose started to turn white with the cold, a scary reminder of what these extreme temperatures can do. However, compared to most of Antarctica we're pretty warm, it was -57 at the South Pole today!
Apologies for the lack of posts lately - I'll do my best to get things up to date soon. We've been pretty busy with Midwinter celebrations and rehearsing for Nunatak's Live Earth appearance on 7th July.
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Greetings from Chile to Antartide:)
Nice pics...
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