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The sun is coming out but I'm so behind with typing.
1st February Another month down! Slept content until six, then lay with eyes shut, smiling, until Helen brought tea through at eight fifteen. Get a scare seeing a dingy full of yachties coming our way… more →
The Travelling Bookbinder in Antarctica
The sun is coming out but I'm so behind with typing.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 1st February Another month down! Slept content until six, then lay with eyes shut, smiling, until He … more →
I would marry a Dutchman if I could only get my mouth round their words!
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 24th January Rick up at six. Helen feeds him porridge and boils his shaving water. I stay swaddled … more →
Slept soundly on my bed of stamps,
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papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 23rd January …snug in sleeping bag cocoon. Antarctic Dream have changed time, they’ll b … 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 →
Helen is filmed tap dancing. Light-headed, I eat gratefully.
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 14th January Thank goodness Rick slept well and cosy on the lounge floor, whence he was banished. I … 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 →
Sopping suits in the genny shed; splashing over postcards
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 30th December Stormy weather means those outside jobs are again postponed. I propose pre-porridge yo … more →
Like ships in the night
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 29th December Storm is over. Our e-mail system is down (although our phone card is now topped up.) G … 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 →
Sailboats appear; therapeutic franking; the comfort of bunk
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 26th December Conflict of schedule first thing – Maryshev and Orlova are double booked. (Rick … more →
The penguin ballet and the wire coils
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 23rd December A ship is sailing into the back bay as I emerge from the house in pyjamas. Forced to f … 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 →
The whip round of a ship
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 7th December Six am ship’s in. Time to get up. Quick tea and porridge. Explorer II radios thro … 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 →
Explorer down
papericegirl wrote 1 year ago: 23rd November I can hear a hum! Outside in pjs to see Ocean Nova in the back bay. They invite us abo … 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 →
Haircut on the beach at low tide. Penguins halt and move on.
papericegirl wrote 2 years ago: 13th November Ship is not coming; ice blocks their passage beyond our safe haven. Grey water ripplin … more →
