Our field camp at Windless Bight, about 10kms from Scott Base
Our polar tent. This one is an old British Antarctic Survey (BAS) one, which is why it is orange when most polar tents are yellow.
Inside the polar tent
Condition 2 at 3am on Christmas Day
Dinner is cooked on a standard camping gas cooker, and usually ends up all mixed in together (like the pot on the right).
Toilets consist of two buckets dug in a hole with a shield of ice blocks for privacy
Toilets consist of two buckets dug in a hole with a shield of ice blocks for privacy
Food bags and boxes are given to all field parties. This was a bag of dried and canned food for our group of four people.