What are the best and worst things about living in the Antarctic?
To me the best things are the views. The landscape is spectacular. Some of you may have seen the photos on the BAS web site. One picture shows an arched iceberg at sunset, just stunning. Watching icebergs drift past your window is pretty cool too. I am also lucky enough to work with scientists on their projects in the summer. We fly around in small red Twin Otter aircraft and travel over the most amazing places. Our pilots are really skilled and the excitement of mountain flying and ski landings on remote untravelled glaciers has been the highlight of this tour. I have a long tour here and this place is my home. I try not to concentrate on the bad aspects. There are some of course. We all miss the comforts of home, we miss friends, green grass, trees, and fresh fruit and vegetables particularly. There are jobs here I don’t like, having to dig through a snow drift with the dust bins to recycle our waste in a special container is not much fun. Referring to the question above, going to th
