tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336637172024-03-14T11:49:07.479-07:00Frozen CheeseTamsin has just set off on a new adventure. She is southward bound once again, this time headed to the fastest warming region of Antarctica, the peninsula. Glaciers there are melting, possibly revealing undiscovered resevoirs of frozen cheese. Tamsin can't wait to find out!Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-91683174744550439532013-08-20T09:25:00.002-07:002013-08-20T09:26:49.018-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>Day 3 at the BBC - ferret rescue</b></div>
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Things got a lot more hands on for me today, which was a
welcome change indeed! I was assigned to work with the mid morning show
producers and after a quick brainstorm of topics (they seemed incredibly
relaxed considering the show was starting in less than 90 mins), they set me
off researching topics and lining up callers. I spoke to a lifeboat man who had
been involved in slightly unusual rescue – saving two ferrets stranded on rocks
by the tide. Once I’d lined him up as a caller for the show, it was up to me to
write a script for Jonathan, the presenter, to lead in with and then the
questions he would be asking. It was pretty cool hearing the words I’d written
go live on air on only my third day. Sitting with producer Jo in the studio for
the second hour of the program, I answered phones to callers with requests,
traffic updates and some fairly hilarious stories – which for the sake of
maintaining their dignity,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go
into. Oh, and I featured in the program elsewhere when Jonathan told the story
of how I’d been misunderstood when I tried to ask for jam on my French exchange
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I love local radio. Today's breakfast show featured an 81 year old who'd been banned from her cricket club for allegedly chasing children off the pitch! Ferrets, old ladies...I wonder what's coming next... </div>
Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-15947760171694741652013-08-14T14:37:00.003-07:002013-08-14T14:40:23.390-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Working at the BBC</b></div>
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I know I haven't posted anything for quite a while, but right now I'm up to something pretty interesting so I thought it might be nice to share. I'm working at BBC Newcastle for 3 weeks, as a 'science media fellow'. I'm part of a scheme set up by the British Science Association to help scientists understand the media world so that hopefully, they can communicate their work more successfully. As I work on climate change, in my view, a very poorly communicated subject, I thought it was worth a stab. And here's how I'm finding it so far...<br />
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I wanted to see into another world and I certainly got that
chance on my first day. Probably the highlight was a trip to see Claire in Gateshead, to interview
her and meet her Royal Python Cyril. Claire runs a company callled Zoo Academy
that takes exotic animals out to schools and teaches them about conservation. BBC Newcastle sent their reporter
Jordan out to meet her and let me tail along. Before heading out on the road I
was handed a health and safety document to read which warned of the dangers of
bites, trampling or crushing injuries whilst working with animals, a little bit
worrying. Back at the studio Jordan cut and clipped for a mere ten minutes,
then spend 30 secs thinking of the perfect strap line for the presenters to
lead into the story. He made it look so easy, never so much as pausing for
thought. I asked if he’d prepared his interview questions beforehand, “I used
to when I started out, and maybe I still will if I’m talking politics but
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The editor asked me today what had been my biggest shock in
my first couple days. The thing that’s struck me most is just the totally
relaxed atmosphere, and how at ease everyone appears all the time. The
presenters drift casually in and out of the studio, sometimes seconds before
they go live on air. The other thing is the pace of the media world. Unlike
science where it often takes years to see the fruits of your labour, here they
work on timescales of minutes and hours. They just get on with it and get the job done,
no messing around. Maybe the ability to just crack on with things is something
useful I can take back to my scientific work!</div>
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Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-9277612977647969212012-12-06T08:11:00.003-08:002012-12-06T08:12:42.319-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-77796538631272879782011-07-08T12:13:00.000-07:002011-07-08T12:30:53.089-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Things Never Change</span><br /></div><br />Here's a link to my account of the month of June here at Rothera, recently posted on the British Antarctic Survey Website:<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/diaries/rothera/2011/06/index.php">http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/diaries/rothera/2011/06/index.php</a>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-50843697027502960022011-06-09T12:31:00.000-07:002011-07-08T12:29:29.752-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Winter Team 2011<br /></span><br />Take a look at the mad men and women I'm stranded with for the next dark months! Should be interesting...<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJgC9g7sR_J_CoZ8P9fOKymcu46FhdZZj3pyVHXd2tkkkpyvCnNf4l6BkFMSXBucKcqqZxQvzLPlHEg2XgTr28Y-6rpWG5RzU118n5s_5BmJSQ1tanolVUmvbts6A6-6NWDP3/s1600/Rothera+Winter+2011+-+RS+b+EMAIL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJgC9g7sR_J_CoZ8P9fOKymcu46FhdZZj3pyVHXd2tkkkpyvCnNf4l6BkFMSXBucKcqqZxQvzLPlHEg2XgTr28Y-6rpWG5RzU118n5s_5BmJSQ1tanolVUmvbts6A6-6NWDP3/s400/Rothera+Winter+2011+-+RS+b+EMAIL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616305287967901186" border="0" /></a>Left to right, back, to front we are: Dave (Communications Manager), Rod (Base Commander),<br />Curly (Vehicle Mechanic), Nick (Plumber), Lorna (Chef), Vicki (Doctor), Malcolm (Field Assistant), Mike (Field Assistant), Cheese (Field Assistant), Tom (Field Assistant), Tamsin (that's me...Meteorologist), Terri (Marine Biologist), Frazer (Electrician), Dave (Dive Officer), Simmo (Marine Assistant), Tomo (Generator Mechanic), Ross (Electronics Engineer), Dave (Boatman), Gavin (Carpenter, Ian (Field Assistant).<br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-61482080248625609362011-04-24T12:17:00.000-07:002011-04-24T15:20:25.704-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Winter Trip</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><br /></div></strong><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcQpabPXopOc8Pf5zR_KUHXl1-oCB_N7fWmqRN-AhTDYWHx-d9Q3jWXzwfe-xs4xAdPyg4pBPF5QT4V0LBW-DfsrK-1e_cQlN0a7tZGJlSDyRvjVTq3aHExmhb9NInX7ouvkq/s1600/Tamsin+atop+N26+sml.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599269836027026882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcQpabPXopOc8Pf5zR_KUHXl1-oCB_N7fWmqRN-AhTDYWHx-d9Q3jWXzwfe-xs4xAdPyg4pBPF5QT4V0LBW-DfsrK-1e_cQlN0a7tZGJlSDyRvjVTq3aHExmhb9NInX7ouvkq/s400/Tamsin+atop+N26+sml.jpg" border="0" /></a> Admiring the view from the summit of imaginatively named peak N26</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599234043323999010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfY6MtWyRee68-K-BDtjYfaHzmMZBQRC9FN_1jjm6GakgyrU2OXXzRqv-y_m074mU9_c1m-qMa_07YPe5TyC8toRf3moA5LZ-7Rp0z4t8JfDzUU1bAu5VYVba_Vkq5rKiw4l8/s400/102_0270.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599269837147114754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wm8s-kCMIEIp75nG-M85VdfasPRjjVpCPmaAHD1vcW67wmfPew6wQozlZ_debE8IkGc1r_3Sahuwzy724jB7KcabHzkGahp49BN5weB20jghvbm3YyF425tb92Zx6qLv4q7o/s400/dark+sml.JPG" border="0" />My humble abode <br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZVW5xM0uIe5owpClPpJI_i-RjwZHeqMqfWio1VhiTCcJRuHW1Zz3TJ9ODMFZK37hVb9NL4yjgVzEG861TNLQ7QzkGapqWpHs7akW6kS3Cj4ZMMt4OtSnIgwHNYWP0SDzzXL-/s1600/102_0244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599234040509927730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZVW5xM0uIe5owpClPpJI_i-RjwZHeqMqfWio1VhiTCcJRuHW1Zz3TJ9ODMFZK37hVb9NL4yjgVzEG861TNLQ7QzkGapqWpHs7akW6kS3Cj4ZMMt4OtSnIgwHNYWP0SDzzXL-/s400/102_0244.JPG" border="0" /></a>Another Antarctic summit, this time I descended in style, snowboarding<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEiSyUgtUs3O7Zg_yICmRbhkhhw-Cb03hgzW5nzSZLH_EBwuEGSvfZ02___3eOmdEO_RbVEpjcVtMVba91c3FTYiEzlHA1TEbBBLtFh1rnz5gaUjxVEvockJgBHTr2gwDx-2c/s1600/102_0228.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599234029937775954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEiSyUgtUs3O7Zg_yICmRbhkhhw-Cb03hgzW5nzSZLH_EBwuEGSvfZ02___3eOmdEO_RbVEpjcVtMVba91c3FTYiEzlHA1TEbBBLtFh1rnz5gaUjxVEvockJgBHTr2gwDx-2c/s400/102_0228.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />View across the bay. We travel around the island two by two, each driving a snowmobile and pulling a sledge carrying everything we need to survive, all tied together by thick ropes just in case we are unlucky enough to drive across a crevass.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-19877705954366169452010-12-06T11:07:00.000-08:002010-12-13T13:31:56.528-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eXT8Arq4xAXf0meIf4IlIjPva0RM7DfbuhTiRU8y1DX9C1u-lqvd8YldUe7XDCE2c5HlYjJq2ARoDCVr9YeAwmfyia8Rr5D3nd1nhhiqpfH3oAShGBx7eBpkJsHrx-5TfxTw/s1600/2010-11-28+at+18-38-45+-+Version+2.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ANTARCTIC HIGHLIGHTS</span></a><br /><br />People are always asking me why I keep coming back to Antarctica. Well, as much as I love my job, it's the lifestyle that really has me hooked. The perks that these images hint towards are definitely a big part of the appeal.<br /><br />Exploring the incredible shades of the ice, up close. That's me at the helm.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eXT8Arq4xAXf0meIf4IlIjPva0RM7DfbuhTiRU8y1DX9C1u-lqvd8YldUe7XDCE2c5HlYjJq2ARoDCVr9YeAwmfyia8Rr5D3nd1nhhiqpfH3oAShGBx7eBpkJsHrx-5TfxTw/s1600/2010-11-28+at+18-38-45+-+Version+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547649527323173986" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eXT8Arq4xAXf0meIf4IlIjPva0RM7DfbuhTiRU8y1DX9C1u-lqvd8YldUe7XDCE2c5HlYjJq2ARoDCVr9YeAwmfyia8Rr5D3nd1nhhiqpfH3oAShGBx7eBpkJsHrx-5TfxTw/s400/2010-11-28+at+18-38-45+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" /></a>The glacier front of the Sheldon glacier, source of many of the icebergs in the bays around the base, as it retreats.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-e9CChQlJqsX9vNnvx0BXiwSNVmEodcEnf6DXevcHXG-KWNsZXG_kPL6DiKMJ3P2kYTVBkl3bnvP6RkYAsTk4Cm7v6eV59iEwW1TkFcjMAAHwDGpRBE5wIK1zPA-jHwCgB3e/s1600/115_0097.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-e9CChQlJqsX9vNnvx0BXiwSNVmEodcEnf6DXevcHXG-KWNsZXG_kPL6DiKMJ3P2kYTVBkl3bnvP6RkYAsTk4Cm7v6eV59iEwW1TkFcjMAAHwDGpRBE5wIK1zPA-jHwCgB3e/s400/115_0097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549978640744047314" border="0" /></a>Tom roping up on the ramp above base ready for some survival skills training.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya220-SJCRdkbzIsnIF7jqXJoMcauYyh1H1tBkoiKhyphenhyphenixFFNqDqNwCUKKv4diZMm1mmduiJh5ArEOOamrZkezOcvEwu2nxg5vD5f3SeJayH477yABsfKp0hgsc-KigtHkHhnc/s1600/115_0081.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya220-SJCRdkbzIsnIF7jqXJoMcauYyh1H1tBkoiKhyphenhyphenixFFNqDqNwCUKKv4diZMm1mmduiJh5ArEOOamrZkezOcvEwu2nxg5vD5f3SeJayH477yABsfKp0hgsc-KigtHkHhnc/s400/115_0081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549978635259306514" border="0" /></a>Tom enjoying one of the first rock climbs of the summer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8RuDINqNKmXiV8JV6SeGk5jUqpLXu9sbN5CdmF6qtqslkHLYUDtqDRNWSGyKixv-Q9_MlFKVM8UC2PvawNxQtf27anotOdmXghsHsVVn8f4ju2OLKYA97JDWDFg5gzP6q-bR/s1600/115_0091.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq8RuDINqNKmXiV8JV6SeGk5jUqpLXu9sbN5CdmF6qtqslkHLYUDtqDRNWSGyKixv-Q9_MlFKVM8UC2PvawNxQtf27anotOdmXghsHsVVn8f4ju2OLKYA97JDWDFg5gzP6q-bR/s400/115_0091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549978637533882914" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DsI1dqfOzq8evXK_L2pMc8Fkqw1qTmD4D0Y60fPqO2ZBbHcciKAB7Uj_UujiDi7YFiYS3n7C6jxSDNtmKq0h3nm2FGdSEzMj7rZWYgAR6mI7dzw05Tn03yqyw94dPHW15HKJ/s1600/115_0097.JPG"><br /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-84655445809993628972010-11-12T05:39:00.000-08:002010-11-12T06:14:53.583-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIICX14R7JlUbWmuuaUW4Orup0U4YUlm8N8JSbC9VgfwHLJtQenxcpsMU3q1l5r1lHwl-_3BUMicODVy_IjOS-SLof0fxKUs-2rHjlCDfPGZPlXRU73eHGMbF-e5tvjDYlkvVg/s1600/115_0052.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIICX14R7JlUbWmuuaUW4Orup0U4YUlm8N8JSbC9VgfwHLJtQenxcpsMU3q1l5r1lHwl-_3BUMicODVy_IjOS-SLof0fxKUs-2rHjlCDfPGZPlXRU73eHGMbF-e5tvjDYlkvVg/s400/115_0052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538661920387207378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56qNQNF1-pHxi5DrW3pwI5br4DoP1QHK30nympSOYb0jqPW47HbE_J52dcVoogRpmGDs5au5itxiGqtmFHmT0nNaVZpjSytdnb73ycR_uHMQVdwADLsVkOeuCjmCvtgoBS7LN/s1600/rockhoppy.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rockhoppers</span></a><br /><br />Yesterday I added a ninth species of penguin to my collection and they rate pretty highly on my coolest penguin leader board. The funky rockhoppers with their crazy hairdos and bright red eyes were a joy to watch as they bounced up the cliffs then danced about the colony until they found their nest. The only way to get to this remote spot on the deserted Falklands coastline was via landrover. We took what our guide called 'his local high street', zigzagging across peat bogs and craggy outcrops until we arrived in the middle of nowhere . It was worth the ride as not only the penguins but the scenery was stunning and it may be some of the last land I see that isn't hidden beneath a blanket of cold white lovliness. Mmmm, snow, powdery fresh snow, how I miss it. Can't wait to get even further south and it shouldn't be long now. Hopefully departing on the Dash 7 tomorrow morning at 4am! 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Now that I’m off to the back of beyond to resume my adventure in the name of science, I plan to write much more frequently. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first time I went to Antarctica most of my friends and family were really excited for me. I think they shared in the nervous anticipation of the unknown. Each step I took on my adventure was thrilling.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now though, a lot of them seem quite puzzled. Why do I feel the need to go back, again and again? Haven’t I seen what I need to see, had my adventure, had enough of the cold and the snow?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I must admit it feels different now than it did when I was planning my first trip. And my motivations have changed. Now I want to go so badly not to find out about another world, another way of life, but because I know I love that way of life and the freedom it gives me. 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<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To be here, to come here</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This place with its view</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Means so little to so many</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But so much to so few</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who’ve been here, who’ve seen it</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who’ve felt it and lived it</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who’ve kept it inside them</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And can’t live without it</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who know its uniqueness</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Its whiteness, its bleakness</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who crave its togetherness</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And love its remoteness</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who live with the secret </p> <p class="MsoNormal">That others can’t know</p> <p class="MsoNormal">That this place is special </p> <p class="MsoNormal">More than rocks, ice and snow</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A world in its own right</p> <p class="MsoNormal">That floods all the senses</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Such that nothing else matters</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Outside of its fences </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">And each day I wake up </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">And feel it take hold</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">There’s beauty in isolation</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">And there’s warmth in the cold</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I know I’m in love</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As each time I depart</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All that I think of</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Whilst we are apart</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is the day I’ll be back</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On this floating ice shelf</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Or this snowy mountain</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I smile to myself</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Certainly not a work of literary genius but it does talk of that feeling that keeps drawing me back to Antarctica, the feeling that there's nowhere I would rather be in the world!
<br /></p> Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-4044921539317047772009-12-26T10:33:00.000-08:002009-12-28T03:42:18.125-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN1vrF5DHpgflnGYT-jqEYWCpnLLu5ln2QptPPNqB2whrM3Osx-HwftDJ7cZUZ3SMjGZjqWHEIHEwjZCReHIkXE6KsieLA-0nkDNNFREcKqcrCgB7ZwSXDe3u0q-uPN0Tx7A9/s1600-h/Christmas+Eve.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEN1vrF5DHpgflnGYT-jqEYWCpnLLu5ln2QptPPNqB2whrM3Osx-HwftDJ7cZUZ3SMjGZjqWHEIHEwjZCReHIkXE6KsieLA-0nkDNNFREcKqcrCgB7ZwSXDe3u0q-uPN0Tx7A9/s400/Christmas+Eve.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419632376630921890" border="0" /></a>Christmas Eve: Mulled wine, mince pies and a spectacular view out across the bay...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkgAvE9t66azr1owo3vSVN_76yKPlRV1dVd9S-wuEF7aFamG4r4JPtxz2bk2WKwAIMQ8GWzFeECqbKF8SXBbv1s8uAMDFsAT6HX2IymQTcM1q-bbup3gNLpF_QRbvEnsU4oUU/s1600-h/P1000458.JPG"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Christmas!</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkgAvE9t66azr1owo3vSVN_76yKPlRV1dVd9S-wuEF7aFamG4r4JPtxz2bk2WKwAIMQ8GWzFeECqbKF8SXBbv1s8uAMDFsAT6HX2IymQTcM1q-bbup3gNLpF_QRbvEnsU4oUU/s1600-h/P1000458.JPG"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkgAvE9t66azr1owo3vSVN_76yKPlRV1dVd9S-wuEF7aFamG4r4JPtxz2bk2WKwAIMQ8GWzFeECqbKF8SXBbv1s8uAMDFsAT6HX2IymQTcM1q-bbup3gNLpF_QRbvEnsU4oUU/s1600-h/P1000458.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkgAvE9t66azr1owo3vSVN_76yKPlRV1dVd9S-wuEF7aFamG4r4JPtxz2bk2WKwAIMQ8GWzFeECqbKF8SXBbv1s8uAMDFsAT6HX2IymQTcM1q-bbup3gNLpF_QRbvEnsU4oUU/s400/P1000458.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419618439602531202" border="0" /></a>Launching the Rothera weather balloon on an icy Christmas Morning<br /><br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-65932739390222930672009-09-22T09:56:00.000-07:002009-09-22T10:03:24.560-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fabulous Antarctic Videos</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">OK, so I know I haven't posted any Antarctic action lately (that' s because I'm currently based in Cambridge, UK and as far I'm concerned, if there's no snow, it's not worth writing about) but Kirk Watson, one of the team down at Rothera, has been making some<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://kirkoftheantarctic.wordpress.com/">WONDERFUL VIDEOS OF ANTARCTIC WINTER LIFE</a><br /><br />As for me, I'm off back down south in just a few weeks time so watch this space for more photos, stories and snowy science from the start of November...<br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-70905760261349381862009-03-14T07:21:00.000-07:002009-03-14T08:39:01.195-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOU-wck9-6GQ32DzQ1AIB_9BU6jqyo9qYqwdS4mpUnSMbHBbLRXWVzYb5ix7-n_BejRYGOUAzxr6MKo-Qk528OSZgGsumCiEf-3Yb5DtBAmSEWsO5x30e2HNewGu1JjpzJ_Zm/s1600-h/Tamsin+080.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Travels</span></a><br /><br /></div><br />A few photos from my recent travels up the Antarctic Peninsula to Tierra del Fuego and into Patagonia...stories to follow...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw0ukXF7qtK4xskefE0XK1jnaXkI3ZW-IbdUZ8ZQqzyGPmmF5Q0SGUFr_YgroqMo6voM0FvdU9KuLFYTxOZ6hpBcFaD6PACmZldQy8FIc9K8NJ09bs0WjgakOvKFcZ4V0_DzU/s1600-h/Tamsin+475.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nzfqMUC8qrTfQYsA9yw4qJRIVjcHrhBSglTT_SVd_kqiSfka2tvNaoK2wsYxri9jwjRuVZE5-EYfRDf_YCsGPTG664WFcrN6nij8mPEQ-tpVoc-S302Hh9EkRh0mNVup-vrk/s400/Tamsin+401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313050902272010770" border="0" /></a>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-65948611595221482312009-02-07T09:29:00.000-08:002009-02-08T07:47:39.401-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Out and About</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><p align="center">Last Sunday afternoon, as the sun broke through the clouds at last, I clambered up Stork Ridge and looked down at the glacier below.<br /></p><div align="center"><strong></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300115942886080194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QBKkx57GEfysU3_BLHSh3jCq-jIFgdwuK1RWoEx1C47HtZbNbHOYTNYNsaib8hUOklEYbmtdY-8lbHRw7fquhvf-Mm8AZQ44cju2oBMUeEA3DlAshn2X7ROrAdvJsxK3tCOs/s400/DSC_1125.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300421043944734034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOawOrmH8ZKyPiOpLij3GYISUe5duvDy6r0RV5dRZIfp20nFWcajW69fYDCZ2g3GsPq_bWZqIpor4FuOZ5Taem4sw_s3QKQgoO03ecnGFM528IRt7y0RLJ_tM2nKpzezm6wDg/s400/DSC_1131.JPG" border="0" /><br />Monday night at Rothera's very own ski resort...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13AuB_vz-qalcx4ZaLEyyyx9lz57QIleWGoO0W6P4_Lg1crh-rAG78-dcWvAFndh91ak4w91SkKHmZK2iPUCiR9FWc2Q6y-AKwpf0Guibdplp41ZxZG7NczPcwX6nJYx7-UEi/s1600-h/DSC_1157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300115935178452370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13AuB_vz-qalcx4ZaLEyyyx9lz57QIleWGoO0W6P4_Lg1crh-rAG78-dcWvAFndh91ak4w91SkKHmZK2iPUCiR9FWc2Q6y-AKwpf0Guibdplp41ZxZG7NczPcwX6nJYx7-UEi/s400/DSC_1157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-24433684572558810792008-12-16T07:42:00.000-08:002008-12-30T10:56:58.814-08:00<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vLXiAVGXlPG1CVB1f6oeyCuy5y9nD0wINb5hVy-Z3QJO-HbSQy7UNpJ50R08LPVkVzPob4RkLL_Cr9GMqdv_ttW_dWzS1CVovCOLh_SxDXPq3_CTGKQdE2ilSbfR2z4zNVLB/s1600-h/IMG_0132.JPG"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wildlife </span></a> </div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280435653200648562" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEFcAMAP5aeFY689rn81d_Pi6wCoLAXNf0PjJeqva0eVSDmHhemZsQTAr2ROk08V-3QIgUGJup3Y5M2EDvC2j-BsvEKfU3fE_59jAc5YGM7uzmVfDT4clO6r9pqi_ZLOgOrKZ/s400/IMG_0137.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vLXiAVGXlPG1CVB1f6oeyCuy5y9nD0wINb5hVy-Z3QJO-HbSQy7UNpJ50R08LPVkVzPob4RkLL_Cr9GMqdv_ttW_dWzS1CVovCOLh_SxDXPq3_CTGKQdE2ilSbfR2z4zNVLB/s1600-h/IMG_0132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280435672933459474" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vLXiAVGXlPG1CVB1f6oeyCuy5y9nD0wINb5hVy-Z3QJO-HbSQy7UNpJ50R08LPVkVzPob4RkLL_Cr9GMqdv_ttW_dWzS1CVovCOLh_SxDXPq3_CTGKQdE2ilSbfR2z4zNVLB/s400/IMG_0132.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBSJ_L8ECQPYrH_-aMhu4o58hyWv7i6TdFiVmPH65-H7LqndqkCLEePyWflytKJLeglqr6azulomnzUOIVHHf5XTprlTHbOzOlujIDMCh_ooDnCUSIurWHAFkQ_a7ohV5x_wp/s1600-h/IMG_0156.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280435667396695538" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBSJ_L8ECQPYrH_-aMhu4o58hyWv7i6TdFiVmPH65-H7LqndqkCLEePyWflytKJLeglqr6azulomnzUOIVHHf5XTprlTHbOzOlujIDMCh_ooDnCUSIurWHAFkQ_a7ohV5x_wp/s400/IMG_0156.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280415251249656690" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggLwGxuYnaIB59Hrhx0uIKnoL3MwwBjJlWu5s08WTHC1RG1TIB9wtyvTSrIbXPWDna9i4223RwkXQEJWeYB5JmCUF34xVbJPgSd8tiLpMSABD-fZqxRAHF6ELV6wYpE_ny-DKV/s400/IMG_0222.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">And even wilder scenery...<br /><br /></span>From the window of the plane when I was lucky enough to venture further afield:<br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280415261811496082" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFam1M20dsPlRkDBaFhfgPlEv3qwzApTUsIbEeIkjJG7P4FE5vqfzMQyM0wLE3AVn0cPDyhqAjN75YMf_cDfLu5BA9QJtE3yvnDZVLwW8q1aGXf7jgfAg7hljz0biCzB7B0wqA/s400/IMG_0193.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Christmas and a very Merry New Year!</span><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-10478265913649312322008-12-07T21:48:00.000-08:002008-12-30T10:59:36.796-08:00<div align="center"><strong>A 'Dingle Day' at last!</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">When the sun finally comes along and lights up this place after days spent under a giant white blanket of cloud and snow, it feels like the curtain has been lifted on a world inconceivable only hours ago. Days like today are beyond description in English but in Antarctican we call them 'dingle days'. When the snow sparkles and each face of a mountain is glowing in a different shade. The sea shimmers and, around the base of icebergs, takes on an incredible turquoise colour that could never be mixed. When everywhere you look, you find yourself staring transfixed and unable to take it in. When the thin strands of high ice cloud appear as if they are trying to frame the view. When nothing quite looks real. When the scene in front of you is so breathtakingly beautiful that you can't think beyond the present moment. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I set off from the base, below, to marvel at the raw beauty that surrounds it...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277305039781636866" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojp7zQp-7lTA5p_H-NrJNae1yHVo6q02624QKeudwbX5aU0uNTt1NaPHCsTuvBh8kGlEOoc6leG71K64N3k9GwLQ0g64W4AeQ9UYQSetgmb1tV_Bs8ljn6tTx92Nfm0XMzO65/s400/IMG_0030.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">A lonely penguin dwarfed by the icebergs that act as a safe haven for it to escape the lurking leopard seal.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277305045766342146" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuf5Y3wsCuOL3NW1EKML3QnW-5DfhGTskOuL5OaZq6__b57AlU6eH9MsSPmyEy2olgmTA3fYp5cpxYh7pmguVLvOYUdv6krySjCHbn6FJ-J3f3F9KnA78EX21rL1WN2JKl6rf/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">A seal sunning itself on a lazy Sunday afternoon.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277305047998397794" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsumqpEYQChvsjfRS-XczvB6NLaZmD42M6YgCwxH2SR28bNg0Vd8-ovs4rVf47Sp7HQXiena_jV43b8EggkcK3KvgPR9oZhebvxF41uVVnoM1M0WNVOevna0-_7cH_LZtYEcTI/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" border="0" />After a day out enjoying the stunning weather, including carving some turns on my board at the local ski resort - Vals, I prepared for a night spent weather watching. The recent bad weather has left us with a back logs of field parties to fly out so today 24 hour operations were called for. I'm duty met tonight and it suits me just fine as I can enjoy a few more shades of magic as the light slowly shifts and the clouds start to roll in. Soon the splendour will be hidden behind a veil once again so I'm happy to catch every moment. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277305058365433154" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNu0QGV2ZQeR6nwd3pO4Szx-0uxdyzGBSqaFSXiTbbzeKk1Gs1utiMhHYiqBb2rFkoPLUz2U3Ycs8Yy8TNkr3qakiNwkQDtptF4ayirACrdHKim00LiWwh_m_YDZhVEZJ4Xm5B/s400/IMG_0079.JPG" border="0" /><br />I'll try and write a bit more about my job here soon.</div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-54179735812777218462008-11-30T10:04:00.000-08:002008-11-30T10:28:48.863-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Underground, Overground...</strong> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="center">Welcome to the one or two extra followers my blog seems to have aquired of late, hope you enjoy a glimpse of this slightly otherworldy corner of the earth.</div><br /><div align="center">After all those photos of the mindblowingly beautiful crevass just up the hill from Rothera, here's a photo of me slithering my way through said ice cavern:</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274514398430260818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT-rij72d_eUmO7PTk1v5BH7tKzkXLLka67nfFPz8Gv6jm4G73FrpdP1LbfE5s-uBwi5JVw1g4xWLSknt4twVrHfIuRFh8oYFWN55h2Ge0XgbG8miQsh6G0S3pRBGpRo7eD9d/s400/PICT0204.JPG" border="0" />Below you see me making the most of a sunny interval amidst what seemed like a neverending storm. The high winds that day were creating some excellent flying saucer like 'lenticular' clouds over the ridge behind the base. I skied out for a spot of wildlife watching around Rothera Point and bumped into (almost literally) a few cuddly Weddell seals and some Adelie penguins, waddling their way through life in what appears to be a charmingly oblivious fashion.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe6UrmHj-Nv2K02PBHAIzApAQ1fEnXY5w9iSNzfU9ccFXxpPin1jPZzFLcMgYDC-4iyBxKLcgstJE6oQVIOXsJm2g1_45bpNoLzZIaYlnkxLJTt1ApkPJ2FGtv8o_bAv1g9_W/s1600-h/PB270005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274514410023815986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe6UrmHj-Nv2K02PBHAIzApAQ1fEnXY5w9iSNzfU9ccFXxpPin1jPZzFLcMgYDC-4iyBxKLcgstJE6oQVIOXsJm2g1_45bpNoLzZIaYlnkxLJTt1ApkPJ2FGtv8o_bAv1g9_W/s400/PB270005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I'm currently featured on a <a href="http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/women-and-girls/getsetwomen-blog/">women in science blog</a>, have a look if you want to find out how I ended up here.</div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-90575318366334093652008-11-11T07:56:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:49:42.296-08:00<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP23mFDx8R5A_pyZQa1T2Ru2-6DqWpJ3WY5fqiiJjVsRsvpk5Ew9ZA-7jUT79nzlLAcBhc8sJB3FFwiKHfGxmbeckeG8vb9NHwqU4rDpW3DBsXQ16bR-BPZt20tVYqdcwq7bq/s1600-h/IMG_0136.JPG">Easy Come, Easy Go</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP23mFDx8R5A_pyZQa1T2Ru2-6DqWpJ3WY5fqiiJjVsRsvpk5Ew9ZA-7jUT79nzlLAcBhc8sJB3FFwiKHfGxmbeckeG8vb9NHwqU4rDpW3DBsXQ16bR-BPZt20tVYqdcwq7bq/s1600-h/IMG_0136.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267452595275749298" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP23mFDx8R5A_pyZQa1T2Ru2-6DqWpJ3WY5fqiiJjVsRsvpk5Ew9ZA-7jUT79nzlLAcBhc8sJB3FFwiKHfGxmbeckeG8vb9NHwqU4rDpW3DBsXQ16bR-BPZt20tVYqdcwq7bq/s400/IMG_0136.JPG" border="0" /></a> My first voyage to Antarctica involved 10 weeks on board a ship, crossing the equator then on southwards via various little known islands and eventually bashing through ice nall the way to the ice cliffs of mainland Antarctica. This time, I left the UK on Wednesday afternoon and touched down on the Antarctic Peninsula in time for lunch on Friday.<br /><br />The photo above shows the Dash 7, the British Antarctic Survey's 'passenger jet' that brings people in and out of Rothera Research Station from late October to early March. It lands on wheels on a runway kept clear of snow and can even make it further south to land on blue ice runways. This morning the Dash 7 left Rothera bound for Punta Arenas in southern Chile. Amongst it's 14 or so passengers and crew was Matt Balmer, who's just finished 2 and a half years working as an electronics engineers down here without once leaving. When the plane returns tomorrow morning, it will bring the Dutch crown Prince and Princess, on a weekend trip south as part of their world tour monitoring the effects of global climate change.<br /></div><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-7392422260448101062008-11-03T17:06:00.000-08:002008-11-09T05:37:30.910-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Wow...</strong> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264604899390911570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWygI_Z2_oQnsCPbHO-EaNmC_3Sdq8GYvNuN45pmUcpnWaVFm5YLWJ7rVFZ4MdMKGbwOKT7Pi4umC7dgxb3nGWf7sptKqAuUvLOe58CcGHN5CqX7DmxcPBH1FkF745IdDkxpK/s400/IMG_0047.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266649491997200370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl5PWzU7to32yWq86wW90DrjYNc43FxUsOuDEq31yzp4vUZZwUvXH2PyAkUuzfxH6b-5VNWxqe48B5iCCH35TWEndoBSKhyphenhyphenreWN2kYs55-JFsvwPEucXVt4Kz8Wu92rRVFykx/s400/IMG_0191.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266640393239735970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKEgQDdIo-rhDWTrfq4g041Oua1CGjRngc_1tz_ucbfYUb76QOYAp0KoWrUpyvCOpOM_llaQcFhRVKyB9hlkl9QcY5Ucd7k4foF9co9nwlwlcflC5hpH6g78sUBqV4XxCp_W0/s400/IMG_0226.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264604902466352114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKKc9RCyGvhGP1uJyxJx95eIUUNy9vQWZhHmn9vQuV3RNM5qbYC3DsCD-phtBcOgKaAbUih5zgJmOcahZETozFKgJKfHxiXT3D3jCv02J14UCT7GIGt0tOkqu-jVDIJhTusz7/s400/IMG_0052.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264604910848630402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTPcBteUeYwrri9gTOgjTKEmwzHaO2DhN6iiyV2INYT04qHYXjfv-2v9ULM56PwG57Cin0u1DtQx-Yl6ih4ADg-W56qU33TKbvG_j7Gg1WUxmWkac5vPXkTTez-385eBJfcGV/s400/IMG_0058.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264617734861452050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmKBqTFR9HJQFSNPQICmuPgsQaf5_XNN7JNgIKbPRY_nWpjdk2SEiNWKJ0Ws7v_y99BfAlEYOQHLZrwPkogNZxdoszL7T-MF1UVnHA4BuCvK3MsslvnVzfeAMPe5lKdBTBMUu/s400/IMG_0093.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264617703084364642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT_7ZD6OH6x6N7CcwLGVU6BoigYAMeQA4bpbqlP5g_kz5BwgfhugIci2fdQTU78-WNa-XcMqIUpJM9g05n3fch2GmH8xfRX5Kwq1njkERxzbNOVXuIIF9Xko9KU_2L559CQN9/s400/IMG_0112.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264617716613366610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyhxk0oxuJccXZlm6U0cYsw81l07SoTvWavazoa6djD2-870i0cI9kl5c7F64G9F7HpQWrpTTFns7lqNDwNyyPtTCHoz8PPr_gAeyAeBnS-fXOi1JI8hzP_kR-ykQupAG4W3p/s400/IMG_0072.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAysSPEo0l3foYMxFPEHqqTFsqHg62tI48wyr_NiFL1Hv_CQY4ELH0BR1fumvnHIwoaN-HtpAuIVU04EabAsYemjQGSOXMUepnuEub23o1IhbPTVyfaTwhIqVSUm93LWXu72Y/s1600-h/IMG_0066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264604918184354402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAysSPEo0l3foYMxFPEHqqTFsqHg62tI48wyr_NiFL1Hv_CQY4ELH0BR1fumvnHIwoaN-HtpAuIVU04EabAsYemjQGSOXMUepnuEub23o1IhbPTVyfaTwhIqVSUm93LWXu72Y/s400/IMG_0066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><br /><div> </div></div></div></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com139tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-57890831021602245232008-10-29T06:44:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:58:39.123-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_G1ALSOCsDlRdIXEBrYFC-TqXg6VLHsvirRjD8M90bCWgPDrOQ3I83ci-v_chdiFU_M8SlmJAy30MbMsJyLwpbwR5VZ0YnQvYhwWMdlpoul_AV8F-awmCXctNG74GNo8FSy-/s1600-h/map_for_web.jpg">Where am I?</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DNJYmpVRGEU6f3Rz-JIGvGMIkvZaSRjEQTt5Cza6srs9qJ8MipE3aRE7-qhDoBdRdnMZMhppjP4_cBH4K7BoQ3YtlHyMs7PT7pn8sCOOHAdBF1aEP0vs6z9UKo69bLtO7QIH/s1600-h/map_for_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DNJYmpVRGEU6f3Rz-JIGvGMIkvZaSRjEQTt5Cza6srs9qJ8MipE3aRE7-qhDoBdRdnMZMhppjP4_cBH4K7BoQ3YtlHyMs7PT7pn8sCOOHAdBF1aEP0vs6z9UKo69bLtO7QIH/s400/map_for_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262574720685934946" border="0" /></a>On my way south again!<br /></div><br />Punta Arenas is a small city on the southern tip of Chile, that's where I'm staying at the moment whilst I wait for the weather to fly across the Drake passage to<a href="http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/research_stations/rothera/index.php"> Rothera Research Station</a> on the Antarctic Peninsula. As you can see from the map, I'm not going as far south as I was last year at Halley. In the rest of Antarctica the peninsula is known as the 'banana belt' as it's actually not that cold at all! Summer temperatures rarely drop far below zero and even in winter (winter temperatures have risen by almost 6 degrees Celcius over the past 50 years or so) it's often warm enough to safely lick metal. Is this the real Antarctic? Who cares...it has mountains a plenty and I've packed my snowboard...bring it on!Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-74619710293872565912008-07-11T03:56:00.000-07:002008-07-11T04:17:07.210-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Pole to Pole</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center">I've swapped penguins for polar bears this summer and am currently camping in the Arctic. I'm on an island called Spitsbergen, part of a group fo Norwegian islands called Svalbard, about 600 miles from the north pole. I'm a science leader for a group of budding young meteorologists on a <a href="http://www.bses.org.uk/">BSES</a> (British Schools Exploring Society) expedition.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">You can see updates on the progress of the expedition over the coming month <a href="http://www.bses.org.uk/bses_2008.php?BSESid=e6ca226f9f16ec75efc89bd70c390296&mode=news">here</a>, click on Svalbard summer '08.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Enjoy the summer!</div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-30576857369835925482008-03-31T15:13:00.000-07:002008-03-31T15:22:15.698-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Something to listen out for...<br /></strong><br />For those of you who might be interested, fellow metbabe Dave Evans and I will be on radio 4 tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9.30 in the morning.<br /><br />The programme is called Team Spirit and it's all about team dynamics. </div><div align="center"><br />Anyway, if you miss it you can <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/teamspirit_20080401.shtml">listen again</a> on the BBC website.</div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-27883672744603010002008-03-25T05:20:00.000-07:002008-03-25T05:58:35.334-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Zebra crossing...</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center">Possibly my favourite photo so far!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181653671278991586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fzlo4vYsMyer4dhyphenhyphenadHjh1xfrM_9GhD0iPvsKOLC24cZL8La9DmlidjepareKWz5m0EDd9EGN9ITgHzHmYm3pdactydbU1WTqBxAt4rvcfolglGXMI33R5IUO8R6er81iKGM/s400/he+he+zebra+crossing" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The lazy lions who kindly refrained from eating my tour guide as he jumped out of the truck right infront of them to rescue my sunglasses, fallen from my clumsy head. Cheers JoJo.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGzrBHVWKezh9v8d7svJJmChmEWg1bP7dI8W6c4QZkf1M8UDz_w4o7R3QXJG1W2GaOSHwoenb5-7_KhTxCdc0OLCjmZ0mgQBttE8uPcvDUJPkr3EhBAb2nZ2Tl2OXDMBLOC2q/s1600-h/daan"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181655269006825746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCgTELiGDTQZwE2_E5ug1ODvrVqs7rLt59Plyi05JtLGyFAX57iWCptPFkE1LK_Q4TlanRXizzLqicJ38sf37-MNdYYbu92VOZ818MDUcvN0SP-oORbd90dPsTyEEj7E-Brcx/s400/lazy+lions" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Pretty (and slightly scary) thunder cloud</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181656574676883778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVUHmWUWqgOEptriLtoZx4exd8n2LAb6TJGNWck5eSvlSlJEcNW2rPJdiIhK9ZbYL_X0lbfV9bX1Ff_B9DOTdx81eVdeheWMdjcfA4d0SJ-SPxJmiZOorBV8rF1bJvZpGcrQo/s400/cool+cloud" border="0" />Muchos giraffes</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181655230352120066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzmN0ODD1qMiOpnkVm_x4HL06mZzTRd3aP1qBCVQPe3HHs-kbcDBgPnQKkE55It5iSbLnQY4otTxN85XIKzRgzmjOpkOI8KX4ZIF_pIINQYcid_9xeC6er3Ovyx_yLdVlE2-E/s400/giraffes" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181657824512366930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGzrBHVWKezh9v8d7svJJmChmEWg1bP7dI8W6c4QZkf1M8UDz_w4o7R3QXJG1W2GaOSHwoenb5-7_KhTxCdc0OLCjmZ0mgQBttE8uPcvDUJPkr3EhBAb2nZ2Tl2OXDMBLOC2q/s400/daan" border="0" />Above- Crazy Namibian rocks, Below- Crazy Namibian skies</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi30Dp-uV5_D4gJo7pyxihrE82nbDu6ghP4K5KdSFgRK0Mr9Cp1mE7ZNKwk5h1E0hy3GyD3DzFH7Xpog7jp7XpUa0jHYWRIX-ByfllcUdi8TL5UzDttkFAT4jo8VxrSlv8DU-u/s1600-h/sky"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181657828807334242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi30Dp-uV5_D4gJo7pyxihrE82nbDu6ghP4K5KdSFgRK0Mr9Cp1mE7ZNKwk5h1E0hy3GyD3DzFH7Xpog7jp7XpUa0jHYWRIX-ByfllcUdi8TL5UzDttkFAT4jo8VxrSlv8DU-u/s400/sky" border="0" /></a>Namibian Rock Art </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVObtKEcQmqD5fNP-xD4sQESwxcL2FZ5ybna4UHx8qFwRhUM99qL0xHNLofYUzbz6IfQUm8o143FDDVfwG4btvPk1jymLCZBRguZ3v9epamADNI4j_g3932qQ89V-hBVmlkBrK/s1600-h/rock+art"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181657841692236146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVObtKEcQmqD5fNP-xD4sQESwxcL2FZ5ybna4UHx8qFwRhUM99qL0xHNLofYUzbz6IfQUm8o143FDDVfwG4btvPk1jymLCZBRguZ3v9epamADNI4j_g3932qQ89V-hBVmlkBrK/s400/rock+art" border="0" /></a>Susie chimney head in Barcelona </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcj7eeyow6iZSKFk_9bjcx8zfdbltJCby0ICl7nZ3cwnx39pjjzx4RvO51KckMClbLTDRgaWVgcOIA6PAZoh3LEM-Jk6EZ86Nu0pxvrbJRkTlCCugimDXTs61qDndA1ThQ39h/s1600-h/susie"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181656561791981858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcj7eeyow6iZSKFk_9bjcx8zfdbltJCby0ICl7nZ3cwnx39pjjzx4RvO51KckMClbLTDRgaWVgcOIA6PAZoh3LEM-Jk6EZ86Nu0pxvrbJRkTlCCugimDXTs61qDndA1ThQ39h/s400/susie" border="0" /></a>Some building I quite liked </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeE5Bv2UkecfQMU4jhGq4cx0eR_AkG7VZLlHAhPw7ViZK78EM7maIDx1FjXXofAZlYRHAplowOc8bRqZsHr4ps5sEQJ7sgo6qCDMSQ61JilwMXOxJMBW51xRgjwaLzJYg6KQr/s1600-h/gaudi"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181656570381916466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeE5Bv2UkecfQMU4jhGq4cx0eR_AkG7VZLlHAhPw7ViZK78EM7maIDx1FjXXofAZlYRHAplowOc8bRqZsHr4ps5sEQJ7sgo6qCDMSQ61JilwMXOxJMBW51xRgjwaLzJYg6KQr/s400/gaudi" border="0" /></a><br />Me escaping a city, as usual </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SwSKGbIUNLUAVjPZ7LmLeszhWIXxJUxEpQQUp1OVy8VlpZpEYa4CCMsLQQjO3P0BOsNobcX0BHQnNp13uoPDPpjQ46jRCBLPRBhqkKZIgqzuHkKS4pSehFESITOmwzV85-fW/s1600-h/silly+tamsin+barca"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181653675573958898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SwSKGbIUNLUAVjPZ7LmLeszhWIXxJUxEpQQUp1OVy8VlpZpEYa4CCMsLQQjO3P0BOsNobcX0BHQnNp13uoPDPpjQ46jRCBLPRBhqkKZIgqzuHkKS4pSehFESITOmwzV85-fW/s400/silly+tamsin+barca" border="0" /></a><br />You may have noticed a change of scenery in some of these photos. Yes, I am now in the continent I call home and have met up with one or two friendly faces. Ieven made it out to the hills of Andorra for some gravity assisted snowboarding but I was far too excited to take any photos. After a few more days in Barcelona I´ll be off to Northern Norway to talk about ice and snow, then Austria to play with ice and snow, then finally home (I´ll be in Warkworth on the 13th April with photos of ice and snow a plenty). I´m thinking of meeting up in Newcastle/the Masons the last weekend of April and London in early May but I´ll keep you posted. Can´t wait to catch up over a pint!Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-18262001224048002982008-03-01T05:37:00.000-08:002008-10-30T08:04:04.447-07:00<div align="center"><strong>Namibia</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">A totally surreal, empty but amazingly beautiful country from what I've seen so far. In one week we've covered a lot of ground from swimming in the Orange River at the border to the adventure capital Swakopmund where I finally got to do some gravity assisted sandboarding.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172769036499012610" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha13sx4mcmCPnfzE5TUbzJcL3qJF44IkKDEeF0Fuog7cVZdEDam6TBUOg8a88O665Si2VgGj74UZboM1UehHAQypXGmd83rUuk4one_AfYG4ywUw4fANfppxaWv9ibKK9y9YKG/s400/deadvlei" border="0" />Dead trees in the Namib desert. My god it was too hot for my poor Antarctic adapted body but it was stunning.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Below: Looking back up at the best dune running slope ever and all the people about to follow in my footprints...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172768418023721970" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy1hQ44wMqrlUnJynLxjVmGSfQhEDZDmXqX2gWnTUGhWozkI_7Gcav87wcS6oG6W2qslJcLysLacUXUL0CwweLjEbXQCRow4DBTrx44qXzE5qzD_nZlXIomtqT-ZW-vhVICo_/s400/tam2" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172768057246469090" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxKrOFh1F7-nNbLo_5sJ2e8y4f_GhtbRiz9j6RncxeiXcxR2oomOUdmzn6Z27ENEnek9ciyMOJ-zFj3rCL6xDER89YR4jUUIYhKCqihTA14TnGmiCgMNp3FuCw6EjwTkl-G0x/s400/tam1" border="0" />Watching sunrise up Dune 45 in the Namib desert, a well deserved rest after a hard climb (well worth it for the run down)</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172769989981752338" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWqlgIHhApxz2HCawfEw2WkNxYo7FnAmk5jxCyKXbGC8YDYF9j4odJLTtiSgxMsjhVIpp1Fa2Bh947dMg9Gd1PzOpGiKMVwIg64RKQIj_pkk9GKGmZiO0nQhvrmckiwtoQT7l/s400/tree1" border="0" />Namibia's national tree: the quiver tree</div><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172769998571686946" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2Naf0qlEmkzmGK3P3JX6HdnYI3sexhw-y6hyR7o654ekJJXtjxqLjDINbgCQ_K4Bah3omHxxN_quJiR_-64vodmX_8KuMRRfmEmaOx5qEQkm20x4IfBe6HmfiNo3hpGlNDmV/s400/tree" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172767344281897938" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8gjrydbArnk0TLMSTiMrvr9lA85V_gDLRubZJZDPSq0x0eR3IPZUEMbdhlDbfuZgvYy3C2hqjYO5_P3rOzT93-_hAicAz0xU0x5f-cUycUgnUoXwAEnDHAF2PiJCKmuVQ9RW/s400/tamsin" border="0" />Just before sunset at Fish River Canyon, the oldest canyon in the world and it certainly felt like the hottest too (although apparently it's 10 degrees hotter at the bottom!)<br /><br /><div><div></div></div><br /></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33663717.post-12339401662459055512008-02-23T00:35:00.000-08:002008-02-23T02:45:22.986-08:00<div align="center"><strong>Excuses...</strong></div><br /><div align="center">I haven't updated my blog for ages. That's because I've been ...</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170097783017891810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqK4P_0xAPv7fDaDP7D48buTgecA4dizhzx68DEvEkLAcM3jh-YzX0NV0q3IVRUzXz5QxCcLdwP1cQQLMNzSUGRoUDsUaNOfTzIjmnAytmLXMDn4Zt8sl5Sk6k-9lIGbzsdive/s400/114_2715.JPG" border="0" />Watching buffalos and warthogs drinking at a waterhole,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRsfvMeO_m6lyUvtG67nAbd9gpO6HLOUiRJFZxGbhuGIug7w_mG-43XOwzf6HOIzIBjDyYGOAoMUIGAaViLEVYFsY153rY8yDKf21X0W6S4l_6SBwaRhMk0Ck42RGQdJ7T9pm/s1600-h/114_2763.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170096004901431250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRsfvMeO_m6lyUvtG67nAbd9gpO6HLOUiRJFZxGbhuGIug7w_mG-43XOwzf6HOIzIBjDyYGOAoMUIGAaViLEVYFsY153rY8yDKf21X0W6S4l_6SBwaRhMk0Ck42RGQdJ7T9pm/s400/114_2763.JPG" border="0" /></a>chilling on a beach on the deserted Wild coast,</div><div align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170094978404247458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrTrr6ZT75GAy9Mov9b5EgyPj8wUE3NWWeF2M6ngnXRnE4D6PtTEE4SUN9Hk7_l7sa5MnGOPsjrYeiHT6DRK80EdLNpbdT8pPE9hAu0ikG2HLbqXV-Uftl77Aze-36KJpj7BS/s400/114_2752.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">trying not to get eaten by an Elephant,</div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170094523137714066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwpBMt3S3MYPuIr3D3pGAQfKWVmOerL5PrA5RU1xTYI66gVOPNcQbG2i33fc9zcLkOylKXfEN-nQ_LcMzjK7avM83b-2l87FN2AEsfpaye4BbFmJdHnYkAh9rmVsAPrwzFAkv/s400/114_2653.JPG" border="0" />Canoeing down a stunning gorge,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170093943317129074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggch9IatQAQu-9eWcCF3H1kiwXORwIycil5HEw3Bc7YxCigevgb5v3IZwU0SWXAzO-ac1aIG5V_umLc_TQ3Whn9KWWF-w4gfNO3hxvFhQRp1gMyYv17ALK27BWvP4gFCP04iep/s400/114_2835.JPG" border="0" />Resting my weary backside after pony trekking to a remote village in Lesotho and...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">looking back over the Drakensburg mountains from half way up the Sani pass that crosses the border to Lesotho.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170093105798506338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82UaZml3ounV4OaHenLfO4LeMbnN8qfJOeigOF9yJx0wL7UATKoBo2umOF2XNYWK9VMD7g-ec-_Y6g26db5ugUG81Y3P4QnMok4JhzK9-zsGZQcXuylXPBT0jINxBXfkO7k-S/s400/114_2785.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170095695663785922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBGCyxoui5GieV8_SzOW1fr8GU9m4GCwENWjjsG1vTmKROWEL6SqSohmvVIiPRMi1nb6XG1RaLnCA0GabiRGJEGpETGUlVakXE-PtqSaWBbegIpbjfuTVrj1zGCWiVGqzLZ4e/s400/114_2866.JPG" border="0" /> I've also been playing with cute Basotho kids that loved posing for photos,</div><div align="center"><br />launching myself down a waterfall zipline course,<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170092607582299970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaYH9r-RHWIgD5EnWD3e5XsLy7gVG9MX12f5_TA9ZvrobgFFooZydlA54ZMjKIX3v13QcDMAkrWQJ-7U5FzGoECVTefYyf3bwsyUf6o3O-rppTVfdPc4OrtGSnsMJiel9OhJW/s400/114_2665.JPG" border="0" />Riding an elephant</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170092019171780402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhqJBRmTHZVvNfmGq57mF9YiwobAEjwdaYiVmN4f89VUHYjtfe75vo9_dcu6AdiAaPEoie7zsvBd0xSLNiPWBHv-76A0scxDOgQ4L03nWeEK2-LlhyO2Hf7F0Nk7GO8n6LnU9/s400/114_2723.JPG" border="0" />Making mud bricks and smearing them with cow dung,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwXP-KqPt-LSuIPnU0Yw0Djzmb5DLELt9O-CxPKvX-Y8N1J3T4P-k1FJArHksmgLI7_W7Dvr-yfBWttI3HuUs6uaGYQdUYvZAzxJjdgj3nG8b0xkAxoZx5AlEriDG2WKd5Kll/s1600-h/114_2889.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170093951907063682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwXP-KqPt-LSuIPnU0Yw0Djzmb5DLELt9O-CxPKvX-Y8N1J3T4P-k1FJArHksmgLI7_W7Dvr-yfBWttI3HuUs6uaGYQdUYvZAzxJjdgj3nG8b0xkAxoZx5AlEriDG2WKd5Kll/s400/114_2889.JPG" border="0" /></a> And kite surfing...look, I'm actually standing up (it's harder than it looks).<br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxHnkyNyrYZ0iD288ZXGRVqQ7CThAeUa6WepbHMwb-SeQl16q7RJSBOe2hsHsUD_7PdJ_oSSa7YcczcgOQ-2av6VuCOrJ18hscwq6Mgp1DIKBQc7EM4t7MNMimZExECAQMs3-/s1600-h/114_2695.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170092616172234578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxHnkyNyrYZ0iD288ZXGRVqQ7CThAeUa6WepbHMwb-SeQl16q7RJSBOe2hsHsUD_7PdJ_oSSa7YcczcgOQ-2av6VuCOrJ18hscwq6Mgp1DIKBQc7EM4t7MNMimZExECAQMs3-/s400/114_2695.JPG" border="0" /></a> enough excuses.<br /><br />Off to Namibia tomorrow so will try and update in a couple of weeks time. After Namibia, Barcelona...see you soon! </div></div>Tamsin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10466975859697773285noreply@blogger.com35