17 - 23 April
Well, another week has flown by.
Not quite sure where the time is going. I had an e-mail from a friend this week who remarked that it has been 9 months since I left GTE (which is where I normally work) and how it seems like only yesterday that I was there. To me, it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened and I have had lots of adventures and experienced so many amazing things that it is hard to even remember life back home at the moment. Though I do really miss Maxy, my dog, dearly. It will be lovely to see him once more at the end of this adventure. It is nice to know he will be waiting for me in Hobart when I come back. Hopefully he will remember me! ;o]
So what has been happening this week?
There was SAR training both on station and off.
Ice cliff travel and over edge rescue techniques as well as prusicking. All good stuff.
Work continues, the new phones are now fully installed and operational and our ongoing maintenance around the station ticks along.
On the station side of things it was hairdressing and cooking of the Saturday night dessert - deep fried ice cream - which was a hit with everyone. I was also on hydroponics duties all week. I love it out in hydroponics. Every day the water tanks and plants need to be monitored and checked, nutrients added when required and the PH level of the water kept to a certain range. The dripping system is checked daily for blockages and the flowering plants are pollinated by hand as there are no insects down here in the cold to do the job. The hydroponics container is a favorite spot of mine on station. It is warm and smells fabulous and the greenery makes a nice change. We are currently growing beans, snow peas, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin, several varieties of lettuce, bok choy, silver beat and a large range of herbs. Our tomato bushes have about 8 small tomatoes on them and Petie is very proud. Pete overseas hydroponics and puts in a lot of time and work with the whole process. It is to his credit that we are having such great success. Every day we have something from the garden at our table, which is lovely. I enjoy being in with the plants. I have a little chat to them and make sure the radio is turned up so they can listen to the music from the MP3 player which is sent out on an FM Frequency throughout the station. It’s just a nice place to be.
Till next week
Trace ;o]
Not quite sure where the time is going. I had an e-mail from a friend this week who remarked that it has been 9 months since I left GTE (which is where I normally work) and how it seems like only yesterday that I was there. To me, it seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened and I have had lots of adventures and experienced so many amazing things that it is hard to even remember life back home at the moment. Though I do really miss Maxy, my dog, dearly. It will be lovely to see him once more at the end of this adventure. It is nice to know he will be waiting for me in Hobart when I come back. Hopefully he will remember me! ;o]
So what has been happening this week?
There was SAR training both on station and off.
Ice cliff travel and over edge rescue techniques as well as prusicking. All good stuff.
Work continues, the new phones are now fully installed and operational and our ongoing maintenance around the station ticks along.
On the station side of things it was hairdressing and cooking of the Saturday night dessert - deep fried ice cream - which was a hit with everyone. I was also on hydroponics duties all week. I love it out in hydroponics. Every day the water tanks and plants need to be monitored and checked, nutrients added when required and the PH level of the water kept to a certain range. The dripping system is checked daily for blockages and the flowering plants are pollinated by hand as there are no insects down here in the cold to do the job. The hydroponics container is a favorite spot of mine on station. It is warm and smells fabulous and the greenery makes a nice change. We are currently growing beans, snow peas, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin, several varieties of lettuce, bok choy, silver beat and a large range of herbs. Our tomato bushes have about 8 small tomatoes on them and Petie is very proud. Pete overseas hydroponics and puts in a lot of time and work with the whole process. It is to his credit that we are having such great success. Every day we have something from the garden at our table, which is lovely. I enjoy being in with the plants. I have a little chat to them and make sure the radio is turned up so they can listen to the music from the MP3 player which is sent out on an FM Frequency throughout the station. It’s just a nice place to be.
Till next week
Trace ;o]
posted by Tracey in Casey - Antarctica at 4:54 pm
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