After a disappointing sea ice year last year, when 'travel' was limited to access to dive holes in Hangar Cove, it was a brilliant experience to finally be able to walk on water around Rothera Point this week. We were out testing the thickness of the ice which remained between 20 and 40cm. 
Massive icebergs get trapped as the ice forms 
Ferg & Jason admiring the awesome views
A huuuuuge berg with Jenny Island in the background
Heading towards South Cove
Me using a different mode of transport in the same spot 2 weeks ago
Rather disappointingly the last few days has brought windy and warm weather (temperatures up to +1 and sleet yesterday!). This has caused leads (patches of open water) to open up in the ice and means we will have to wait for a lot of it to reform before we can go out on it again.
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