An online diary of my trip to Halley Bay, Antarctica working for the British Antarctic Survey. Contains images, information and personal thoughts about living and working in the Antarctic.

All Galleries | All photos in Arrival at Halley

Arrival at Halley

A mixture of photos from the end of my journey to Halley, arrival at the base, plus one of my plane flights to 84 degrees south.

Back [ 7 of 12 ] Next

While working on the ship during relief we were visited by a pod of Minke whales. There were about six of them swimming up and down the bay for about a quarter of an hour. One even swam straight under the boat, surfacing just in front of us.