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Keep waking up tired these days, though slept well.
3rd February Just going down to the landing when zodiac zooms round to collect Rick – dang! Is nowhere private?! Get ourselves together. Helen’s throat, tonsils and glands are very sore – should she s… more →
The Travelling Bookbinder in Antarctica
Keep waking up tired these days, though slept well.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 3rd February Just going down to the landing when zodiac zooms round to collect Rick – dang! Is nowhe … more →
I am persuaded to wear a little black number.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 27th January Risked snoring, so awake at four thirty… At seven thirty John, from Corinthian II … more →
Franking and hankering.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 22nd January Six thirty radio call from Endeavour. Rick assumed we wouldn’t want to get up, bu … more →
A tinned dinner and white wine, courtesy of the captain. I read them "Silver Threads" and sleep on counter...
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 19th January Evie ‘Eskymo’s’ Birthday!!! It’s been snowing. Sheathbills were … more →
Seven Weeks and One Day. I appreciate the extraordinariness.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 18th January Sarah’s Happy Birthday! xxx Staggered start. Multanovskiy radios, alerting us to … more →
Look After Your Feet!
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 15th January There was a loud thud which shook the building at four thirty am. Rick up at six-thirty … more →
Good day for a chick count.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 9th January Eyes ache, so keep them shut. Endeavour doesn’t appear early, or at all, they chan … more →
Email National Geographic Endeavour with haircut request.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 8th January Throbbing engine announces Marco Polo’s arrival – they’ve started land … more →
Dancing to Penguin Pop CD; the law of the tongue; what's with this peach?
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 28th December There’s a spider in my peach! Spun a little home where the stone used to be. Con … more →
So much chocolate, cake and fruit.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 22nd December Eyes open to sound of Rick shaving, rasp, rasp. Polar Pioneer is here. Spirit of Sydne … more →
We're all going on a summer holiday.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 19th December Awake excited. Blue and blustery, wind from northeast. Last night’s uneaten pudd … more →
Admiring Russian log books, enormous eyes and swimming pools filled with snow
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 16th December Misread watch denies Sunday lie. I’m quite in the mood for early Philatelic fran … more →
Tea and white chocolate cookies in the sun
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 13th December Didn’t sleep well as Rick was snoring. Blustery sea blowing onto landing site ro … more →
Penguin paths/dots of nests/swathes of ice/glacier edge/mountain/high grey sky
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 10th December Still water, crisp air. A penguin flip flups up ramp, seeking nest stones – peck … more →
Write twelve letters, some with big writing
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 1st December Blowing a hooley and snowing a bit. Cold in sleeping bag. Polar Pioneer had scheduled a … more →
Ship party foregoed: there are stamps to stamp
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papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 25th November Wake at five thirty but wait until six to ring home (three hours ahead.) So good to ch … more →
A man in a cowboy hat insists we have something in common
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 21st November Up first. Down to the landing site as usual. Brash ice has blown in, blocking easy rou … more →
Hot-bunking and chick-counting
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 16th November Rick up to bridge for six thirty. No contact from expected ship, and Endeavour is movi … more →
First ship shop
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papericegirl wrote 2 years ago: 15th November Slightly hungover. Glad at prospect of fresh fruit for breakfast, to ward off scurvy. … more →
