The Shackleton arrived last week and after almost a week of moving cargo it left on Sunday. Leaving just 22 of us alone on Adelaide Island, until late October, when the planes will return and the summer season will begin.
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| Winter Team 2017 left to right: Tom Sylvester, Julie Baum, Matt (Mabell) Bell, Trev Hancock, Theresa Murphy, Matt (Denzel) Washington, Zac Priestly, Ben (BB) Robinson, Dan (Rio) Duran, Mairi (Maz) Simms, Joe Burton, Alan Messenger, Ben Keich, Will Van de Wouw, myself, Steve, Jenny (JenDoc) Douglas, Braddley (Bradders aka Mr Tickle) Morrell, Neil (Brownie) Brown, Mike (Mucky) Bell, Paul Samways, Blair Fyffe. |
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| Our group photo was taken just after the Shack had left, the first time the group had been alone together as you can imagine it took several attempts to get the official shot although I much prefer this one, it is definitely a better representation! |
Relief was very busy but we were lucky with the weather which allowed for some great photo opportunities!
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| Theresa managed to catch Saz Joe and I hauling on the mooring lines from the bridge |
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| arty shot from Kate |
It was strange to see everyone pack up with bags and boxes appearing in every free space. But it was also very exciting as the prospect of winter drew closer.
While the ship sailed away we made good use of all the out of date flares.
The first week of winter was filled with a full base scrubout which was a good way to give us a fresh start before cracking on with the winter work.
